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.FNA

FASTA Nucleic Acid File

The FNA file extension represents a FASTA Nucleic Acid file, which is a specialized text-based format widely utilized in the fields of…

Data
.GDB

Esri File Geodatabase

The GDB file extension is most commonly associated with the Esri File Geodatabase, a spatial data storage format developed by Esri for…

Data
.GB18030

GB18030 Character Encoding

GB18030 is a Chinese national standard and the official character set for the People's Republic of China. It is a variable-length char…

Data
.PMS

Primavera Project Management Schedule

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

Data
.HRM

Polar Heart Rate Monitor Data File

The HRM file extension is a data format primarily associated with Polar Electro heart rate monitors and their legacy training software…

Data
.OTP

OpenDocument Presentation Template

The OTP file extension stands for OpenDocument Presentation Template. It is an XML-based file format used for creating presentation te…

Data
.SC2ASSETS

StarCraft II Assets File

The .sc2assets file extension is a proprietary data format developed by Blizzard Entertainment specifically for use with the StarCraft…

Data
.IGC

International Gliding Commission Flight Data File

The IGC file format is a standardized data format used primarily in the aviation industry, specifically for gliding, paragliding, and…

Data
.LST

List File

A file with the LST extension is typically a plain text file that contains a list of information. Because it is saved in a standard te…

Data
.AMC

Acclaim Motion Capture File

An AMC (Acclaim Motion Capture) file is a specialized data file format used to store 3D motion capture animation data. Originally deve…

Data
.STATE

Saved State File

A file with the .state extension is typically a Saved State file used by various software applications, most notably video game emulat…

Data
.SAS7BCAT

SAS Version 7+ Catalog File

A SAS7BCAT file is a SAS Catalog file created by SAS (Statistical Analysis System) software, starting with version 7. Unlike SAS7BDAT…

Data
.ADM

Group Policy Administrative Template

An ADM file is a Group Policy Administrative Template used by Microsoft Windows operating systems to define registry-based policy sett…

Data
.GPKG

OGC GeoPackage

The GeoPackage (GPKG) file format is an open, non-proprietary, standards-based, and platform-independent container designed for geogra…

Data
.DOCM

Microsoft Word Macro-Enabled Document

A DOCM file is a macro-enabled document created by Microsoft Word, the widely used word processing application. Introduced with the re…

Data
.ENEX

Evernote Export File

The ENEX file format, which stands for Evernote Export, is a proprietary XML-based format developed by Evernote Corporation to facilit…

Data
.UTF16

UTF-16 Encoded Text File

UTF-16 (16-bit Unicode Transformation Format) is a character encoding capable of encoding all 1,112,064 valid character code points of…

Data
.GGB

GeoGebra Worksheet File

The GGB file format is the native file format used by GeoGebra, an interactive geometry, algebra, statistics, and calculus application…

Data
.GGT

GeoGebra Tool Template

A GGT file is a GeoGebra Tool template file created and used by GeoGebra, an interactive mathematics software suite designed for scien…

Data
.BIG5

Big5 Traditional Chinese Text File

Big5 is a character encoding standard used for Traditional Chinese characters, predominantly in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. Develope…

Data
.XLTM

Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Template

An XLTM file is a macro-enabled template created by Microsoft Excel, the industry-standard spreadsheet application. Introduced with th…

Data
.QUAL

FASTA Quality File

The QUAL file format is a text-based format used in bioinformatics to store quality scores for DNA sequences, typically complementing…

Data
.FOF

File of Files

The FOF file extension, standing for 'File of Files' or 'Folders of Files,' is primarily used as a manifest or index file in specializ…

Data
.PCAP

Packet Capture

The PCAP (Packet Capture) file format is a standardized application programming interface and file format used for capturing and recor…

Data
.FNA

FASTA Nucleic Acid File

The FNA file extension represents a FASTA Nucleic Acid file, which is a specialized text-based format widely utilized in the fields of bioinformatics and molec…

Data
.GDB

Esri File Geodatabase

The GDB file extension is most commonly associated with the Esri File Geodatabase, a spatial data storage format developed by Esri for its ArcGIS suite of soft…

Data
.GB18030

GB18030 Character Encoding

GB18030 is a Chinese national standard and the official character set for the People's Republic of China. It is a variable-length character encoding that provi…

Data
.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…

Data
.HRM

Polar Heart Rate Monitor Data File

The HRM file extension is a data format primarily associated with Polar Electro heart rate monitors and their legacy training software, such as Polar ProTrain…

Data
.OTP

OpenDocument Presentation Template

The OTP file extension stands for OpenDocument Presentation Template. It is an XML-based file format used for creating presentation templates that serve as a b…

Data
.SC2ASSETS

StarCraft II Assets File

The .sc2assets file extension is a proprietary data format developed by Blizzard Entertainment specifically for use with the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty gam…

Data
.IGC

International Gliding Commission Flight Data File

The IGC file format is a standardized data format used primarily in the aviation industry, specifically for gliding, paragliding, and hang gliding. It was deve…

Data
.LST

List File

A file with the LST extension is typically a plain text file that contains a list of information. Because it is saved in a standard text format, it can be open…

Data
.AMC

Acclaim Motion Capture File

An AMC (Acclaim Motion Capture) file is a specialized data file format used to store 3D motion capture animation data. Originally developed by Acclaim Entertai…

Data
.STATE

Saved State File

A file with the .state extension is typically a Saved State file used by various software applications, most notably video game emulators (such as PCSX2, Retro…

Data
.SAS7BCAT

SAS Version 7+ Catalog File

A SAS7BCAT file is a SAS Catalog file created by SAS (Statistical Analysis System) software, starting with version 7. Unlike SAS7BDAT files which contain actua…

Data
.ADM

Group Policy Administrative Template

An ADM file is a Group Policy Administrative Template used by Microsoft Windows operating systems to define registry-based policy settings. These files contain…

Data
.GPKG

OGC GeoPackage

The GeoPackage (GPKG) file format is an open, non-proprietary, standards-based, and platform-independent container designed for geographic information system (…

Data
.DOCM

Microsoft Word Macro-Enabled Document

A DOCM file is a macro-enabled document created by Microsoft Word, the widely used word processing application. Introduced with the release of Microsoft Office…

Data
.ENEX

Evernote Export File

The ENEX file format, which stands for Evernote Export, is a proprietary XML-based format developed by Evernote Corporation to facilitate the migration and bac…

Data
.UTF16

UTF-16 Encoded Text File

UTF-16 (16-bit Unicode Transformation Format) is a character encoding capable of encoding all 1,112,064 valid character code points of Unicode. It uses one or…

Data
.GGB

GeoGebra Worksheet File

The GGB file format is the native file format used by GeoGebra, an interactive geometry, algebra, statistics, and calculus application intended for learning an…

Data
.GGT

GeoGebra Tool Template

A GGT file is a GeoGebra Tool template file created and used by GeoGebra, an interactive mathematics software suite designed for science, technology, engineeri…

Data
.BIG5

Big5 Traditional Chinese Text File

Big5 is a character encoding standard used for Traditional Chinese characters, predominantly in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. Developed in the mid-1980s by a c…

Data
.XLTM

Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Template

An XLTM file is a macro-enabled template created by Microsoft Excel, the industry-standard spreadsheet application. Introduced with the Office Open XML (OOXML)…

Data
.QUAL

FASTA Quality File

The QUAL file format is a text-based format used in bioinformatics to store quality scores for DNA sequences, typically complementing a corresponding FASTA fil…

Data
.FOF

File of Files

The FOF file extension, standing for 'File of Files' or 'Folders of Files,' is primarily used as a manifest or index file in specialized data processing enviro…

Data
.PCAP

Packet Capture

The PCAP (Packet Capture) file format is a standardized application programming interface and file format used for capturing and recording network traffic. It…

Data

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