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.PMS

Primavera Project Management Schedule

The PMS file extension is primarily associated with Primavera Project Planner, a sophisticated project management software suite devel…

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.POL

Plain Old Telephone

The .pol file extension is associated with Plain Old Telephone (POT) data files. These files typically contain configuration informati…

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.POTX

Microsoft PowerPoint Open XML Template

The POTX file extension represents a Microsoft PowerPoint Template created using the Office Open XML format. Introduced with Microsoft…

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.PPSX

Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show

A PPSX file is a Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show file created using the Office Open XML format. It was introduced with Microsoft Offic…

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.PPTX

Microsoft PowerPoint Open XML Presentation

The PPTX file format is the default file extension for presentations created in Microsoft PowerPoint version 2007 and later. It is par…

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.PREFAB

Unity Prefab File

A .prefab file is a specialized data format used primarily by the Unity game engine to store 'Prefabs,' which are reusable templates f…

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.PROPERTIES

Java Properties File

A .properties file is a plain text file used to store configuration information for Java applications. It typically contains key-value…

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.PROTOBUF

Protocol Buffer

Protocol Buffers (protobuf) is a language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible mechanism for serializing structured data. It's simila…

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.PROTOCOL BUFFERS

Protocol Buffers

Protocol Buffers, often shortened to Protobuf, is a language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible mechanism for serializing structure…

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.PROV

W3C PROV-XML Provenance Data

The .prov file extension is primarily associated with the W3C PROV-XML format, which is a standardized XML serialization for the PROV…

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.PROVN

PROV-N Provenance Notation File

The PROV-N file extension represents a file written in the PROV Notation (PROV-N), which is a specific text-based syntax designed for…

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.PROVX

HP Provisioning XML File

A PROVX file is an XML-based configuration file used primarily by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) server management software, such as…

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.PRT

Siemens NX Part File

A PRT file is a 3D model or part file created with Siemens NX, a high-end computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (C…

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.PSQL

PostgreSQL Query File

A .psql file is a plain text file containing SQL queries designed to be executed against a PostgreSQL database. These files are essent…

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.PST

Personal Storage Table

A PST file, which stands for Personal Storage Table, is a proprietary file format developed by Microsoft to store local copies of mess…

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.PSYDAT

PsyDA/PsychoPy Data File

The .psydat file extension is primarily associated with data generated by PsychoPy, an open-source Python library designed for creatin…

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.PSYEXP

PsychoPy Experiment File

The .psyexp file extension is primarily associated with PsychoPy, an open-source Python library and application used for creating and…

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.PTS

Point Cloud Data File

The PTS file format is a widely used ASCII-based data format primarily utilized in 3D scanning, surveying, and computer-aided design (…

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.PTX

Leica Cyclone Point Cloud Data

The PTX file format is a standard ASCII-based exchange format primarily used in 3D laser scanning and terrestrial surveying. It was de…

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.PWX

TrainingPeaks Personal Workout File

The PWX file format is a specialized XML-based data format developed by TrainingPeaks for the exchange of athletic performance data. I…

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.PMS

Primavera Project Management Schedule

The PMS file extension is primarily associated with Primavera Project Planner, a sophisticated project management software suite developed by Oracle. This file…

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.POL

Plain Old Telephone

The .pol file extension is associated with Plain Old Telephone (POT) data files. These files typically contain configuration information or data related to tel…

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.POTX

Microsoft PowerPoint Open XML Template

The POTX file extension represents a Microsoft PowerPoint Template created using the Office Open XML format. Introduced with Microsoft Office 2007, it replaced…

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.PPSX

Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show

A PPSX file is a Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show file created using the Office Open XML format. It was introduced with Microsoft Office 2007 to replace the old…

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.PPTX

Microsoft PowerPoint Open XML Presentation

The PPTX file format is the default file extension for presentations created in Microsoft PowerPoint version 2007 and later. It is part of the Office Open XML…

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.PREFAB

Unity Prefab File

A .prefab file is a specialized data format used primarily by the Unity game engine to store 'Prefabs,' which are reusable templates for GameObjects. These fil…

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.PROPERTIES

Java Properties File

A .properties file is a plain text file used to store configuration information for Java applications. It typically contains key-value pairs, where the keys re…

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.PROTOBUF

Protocol Buffer

Protocol Buffers (protobuf) is a language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible mechanism for serializing structured data. It's similar to XML, but smaller, fa…

Data
.PROTOCOL BUFFERS

Protocol Buffers

Protocol Buffers, often shortened to Protobuf, is a language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible mechanism for serializing structured data. It's similar to X…

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.PROV

W3C PROV-XML Provenance Data

The .prov file extension is primarily associated with the W3C PROV-XML format, which is a standardized XML serialization for the PROV Data Model. This format i…

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.PROVN

PROV-N Provenance Notation File

The PROV-N file extension represents a file written in the PROV Notation (PROV-N), which is a specific text-based syntax designed for the W3C PROV Data Model (…

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.PROVX

HP Provisioning XML File

A PROVX file is an XML-based configuration file used primarily by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) server management software, such as HPE Intelligent Provisio…

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.PRT

Siemens NX Part File

A PRT file is a 3D model or part file created with Siemens NX, a high-end computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), and computer-aided e…

Data
.PSQL

PostgreSQL Query File

A .psql file is a plain text file containing SQL queries designed to be executed against a PostgreSQL database. These files are essentially scripts that can be…

Data
.PST

Personal Storage Table

A PST file, which stands for Personal Storage Table, is a proprietary file format developed by Microsoft to store local copies of messages, calendar events, an…

Data
.PSYDAT

PsyDA/PsychoPy Data File

The .psydat file extension is primarily associated with data generated by PsychoPy, an open-source Python library designed for creating and running psychology…

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.PSYEXP

PsychoPy Experiment File

The .psyexp file extension is primarily associated with PsychoPy, an open-source Python library and application used for creating and running psychology experi…

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.PTS

Point Cloud Data File

The PTS file format is a widely used ASCII-based data format primarily utilized in 3D scanning, surveying, and computer-aided design (CAD) workflows. It stores…

Data
.PTX

Leica Cyclone Point Cloud Data

The PTX file format is a standard ASCII-based exchange format primarily used in 3D laser scanning and terrestrial surveying. It was developed by Leica Geosyste…

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.PWX

TrainingPeaks Personal Workout File

The PWX file format is a specialized XML-based data format developed by TrainingPeaks for the exchange of athletic performance data. It is primarily used by en…

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