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.MDF

Media Disc Image File

An MDF file is a disc image file, often associated with Alcohol 120%, a disc imaging and burning software. It's essentially a complete ...

Data
.RCFILE

Resource Configuration File

An RCFILE is a configuration file used by various applications, particularly in Unix-like operating systems. The 'rc' suffix is a histo...

Data
.PICKLE

Pickle Data

Pickle is a Python-specific file format used for serializing and de-serializing Python object structures. It allows you to save the sta...

Data
.HTML

HyperText Markup Language

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard markup language for creating web pages. It provides the structure and content of a web...

Data
.GLIFFY

Gliffy Diagram

The .gliffy file extension is associated with Gliffy diagrams. Gliffy is a web-based diagramming application that allows users to creat...

Data
.DEM

Digital Elevation Model

A .dem file is a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) file, a raster-based geospatial data format used to represent terrain elevation. It stor...

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.DB3

SQLite3 Database File

A DB3 file is a database file created by SQLite, a widely used, self-contained, serverless, and zero-configuration SQL database engine....

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.SRT

SubRip Subtitle File

The SRT (SubRip Subtitle) file format is a plain text file format used to store subtitles for video content. It's one of the most basic...

Data
.FEATHER

Apache Arrow Feather

The Feather file format is a lightweight, columnar data format designed for fast data transfer between data analysis environments. It's...

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.KMZ

Keyhole Markup Language Zipped

KMZ files are compressed archives containing a KML (Keyhole Markup Language) file and any supporting files, such as images, icons, and ...

Data
.BIP

Binary Image Partition

A .bip file is a Binary Image Partition file, often associated with firmware images for embedded systems and devices. These files typic...

Data
.VDI

Virtual Disk Image

A VDI file is a Virtual Disk Image file format used by Oracle's VirtualBox virtualization software. It contains the entire contents of ...

Data
.TEXTFILE

Plain Text File

A plain text file (.txt) is a simple, unformatted document that contains only text characters, adhering to a character encoding standar...

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.NETCDF

Network Common Data Form

NetCDF (Network Common Data Form) is a set of software libraries and self-describing, machine-independent data formats that support the...

Data
.MDF/MDS

Media Disc Image File / Media Descriptor File

MDF (Media Disc Image File) and MDS (Media Descriptor File) are a pair of file formats used for creating and managing disc images, prim...

Data
.VHDX

Virtual Hard Disk v2

The VHDX file extension represents a Virtual Hard Disk v2 file format. This format is used by Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization platfo...

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.PLT

HPGL Plotter File

A PLT file is a vector graphics file format primarily associated with Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language (HPGL). HPGL is a printer contr...

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.APKM

APK Manifest

The APKM file extension typically refers to the manifest file associated with an Android Package Kit (APK). While the APK itself is an ...

Data
.SOLIDWORKS PART (.SLDPRT)

SolidWorks Part

A .SLDPRT file is a 3D part file created by SolidWorks, a popular CAD (Computer-Aided Design) software application developed by Dassaul...

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.BKP

Backup File

A .bkp file is a generic file extension used to denote a backup copy of data. The specific content and format of a .bkp file can vary s...

Data
.BLEND

Blender Project File

A .blend file is the native file format used by Blender, a free and open-source 3D creation suite. It stores all the data necessary for...

Data
.3DM

Rhino 3D Model

The 3DM file format is a file extension used by Rhinoceros 3D, a popular NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines) modeling software. It i...

Data
.BSQ

Binary Sequence

A .bsq file typically represents a binary sequence, often used in remote sensing and image processing applications. It's a raw, unforma...

Data
.GPX

GPS Exchange Format

The GPX (GPS Exchange Format) file format is an XML schema designed for transferring GPS data between applications and web services. It...

Data
.MDF

Media Disc Image File

An MDF file is a disc image file, often associated with Alcohol 120%, a disc imaging and burning software. It's essentially a complete copy of a physi...

.RCFILE

Resource Configuration File

An RCFILE is a configuration file used by various applications, particularly in Unix-like operating systems. The 'rc' suffix is a historical conventio...

.PICKLE

Pickle Data

Pickle is a Python-specific file format used for serializing and de-serializing Python object structures. It allows you to save the state of Python ob...

.HTML

HyperText Markup Language

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard markup language for creating web pages. It provides the structure and content of a webpage, defining ...

.GLIFFY

Gliffy Diagram

The .gliffy file extension is associated with Gliffy diagrams. Gliffy is a web-based diagramming application that allows users to create various types...

.DEM

Digital Elevation Model

A .dem file is a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) file, a raster-based geospatial data format used to represent terrain elevation. It stores elevation va...

.DB3

SQLite3 Database File

A DB3 file is a database file created by SQLite, a widely used, self-contained, serverless, and zero-configuration SQL database engine. It stores stru...

.SRT

SubRip Subtitle File

The SRT (SubRip Subtitle) file format is a plain text file format used to store subtitles for video content. It's one of the most basic and widely sup...

.FEATHER

Apache Arrow Feather

The Feather file format is a lightweight, columnar data format designed for fast data transfer between data analysis environments. It's particularly w...

.KMZ

Keyhole Markup Language Zipped

KMZ files are compressed archives containing a KML (Keyhole Markup Language) file and any supporting files, such as images, icons, and 3D models. KML ...

.BIP

Binary Image Partition

A .bip file is a Binary Image Partition file, often associated with firmware images for embedded systems and devices. These files typically contain a ...

.VDI

Virtual Disk Image

A VDI file is a Virtual Disk Image file format used by Oracle's VirtualBox virtualization software. It contains the entire contents of a virtual hard ...

.TEXTFILE

Plain Text File

A plain text file (.txt) is a simple, unformatted document that contains only text characters, adhering to a character encoding standard such as ASCII...

.NETCDF

Network Common Data Form

NetCDF (Network Common Data Form) is a set of software libraries and self-describing, machine-independent data formats that support the creation, acce...

.MDF/MDS

Media Disc Image File / Media Descriptor File

MDF (Media Disc Image File) and MDS (Media Descriptor File) are a pair of file formats used for creating and managing disc images, primarily for optic...

.VHDX

Virtual Hard Disk v2

The VHDX file extension represents a Virtual Hard Disk v2 file format. This format is used by Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization platform to store the...

.PLT

HPGL Plotter File

A PLT file is a vector graphics file format primarily associated with Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language (HPGL). HPGL is a printer control language use...

.APKM

APK Manifest

The APKM file extension typically refers to the manifest file associated with an Android Package Kit (APK). While the APK itself is an archive contain...

.SOLIDWORKS PART (.SLDPRT)

SolidWorks Part

A .SLDPRT file is a 3D part file created by SolidWorks, a popular CAD (Computer-Aided Design) software application developed by Dassault Systèmes. ...

.BKP

Backup File

A .bkp file is a generic file extension used to denote a backup copy of data. The specific content and format of a .bkp file can vary significantly de...

.BLEND

Blender Project File

A .blend file is the native file format used by Blender, a free and open-source 3D creation suite. It stores all the data necessary for a Blender proj...

.3DM

Rhino 3D Model

The 3DM file format is a file extension used by Rhinoceros 3D, a popular NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines) modeling software. It is the native fi...

.BSQ

Binary Sequence

A .bsq file typically represents a binary sequence, often used in remote sensing and image processing applications. It's a raw, unformatted data file ...

.GPX

GPS Exchange Format

The GPX (GPS Exchange Format) file format is an XML schema designed for transferring GPS data between applications and web services. It is an open and...

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