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441 extensions
.CGT

CGTech VERICUT Project File

The CGT file extension is primarily associated with VERICUT, a sophisticated software suite developed by CGTech used for CNC simulatio…

Data
.XMT

Parasolid CAD Format (Text)

The XMT file extension is primarily associated with the Parasolid geometric modeling kernel, a world-leading 3D solid modeling engine…

Data
.SWL

Adobe Flash Shared Library

An SWL file is a Shared Library file associated with Adobe Flash, which was originally developed by Macromedia. These files are design…

Data
.FDB

Firebird Database File

An FDB file is a database file created and used by the Firebird relational database management system (RDBMS). Firebird is an open-sou…

Data
.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…

Data
.SC2SCENE

StarCraft II Scene File

A .sc2scene file is a proprietary data format used by the StarCraft II Editor, also known as the Galaxy Editor, which is the official…

Data
.BMS

Be-Music Source File

The Be-Music Source (BMS) format is a specialized file format primarily used in rhythm-based music games. Developed in the late 1990s…

Data
.SNW

S Note File

The SNW file extension is primarily associated with S Note, a note-taking application developed by Samsung for its Galaxy Note series…

Data
.STC

OpenOffice.org XML Spreadsheet Template

The STC file extension is primarily associated with spreadsheet templates created by older versions of Apache OpenOffice Calc and Star…

Data
.P7S

PKCS #7 Signature File

A P7S file is a digital signature file used to verify the authenticity and integrity of an email or document. It is based on the Publi…

Data
.SPD

SPSS Data File

The SPD file format is primarily associated with IBM SPSS Statistics, a powerful software package used for interactive or batched stat…

Data
.ITMT

iTones Music Theme File

The ITMT file extension is a specialized data format primarily associated with iTones, a legacy software utility designed for the crea…

Data
.TLS

TuneLab Settings File

The TLS file extension is primarily associated with TuneLab, a professional-grade software application used by piano technicians for t…

Data
.TFSTATE

Terraform State File

A TFSTATE file is a Terraform State file used by HashiCorp Terraform, an open-source infrastructure as code (IaC) software tool. This…

Data
.TFSTATE.BACKUP

Terraform State Backup File

A TFSTATE.BACKUP file is an automatically generated backup of a Terraform state file (terraform.tfstate), which is used by HashiCorp's…

Data
.GPO

Group Policy Object Backup File

The GPO file extension is primarily associated with Group Policy Object backups created within the Microsoft Windows environment. Thes…

Data
.GSHADOW

Linux Group Shadow File

The gshadow file format is a critical system configuration file used in Unix-like operating systems, most notably Linux, to store secu…

Data
.OTS

OpenDocument Spreadsheet Template

An OTS file is a spreadsheet template created using the OpenDocument standard, which is an open, XML-based file format for office appl…

Data
.MVN

Xsens MVN Motion Capture Data

The MVN file extension is primarily associated with Xsens MVN, a professional-grade inertial motion capture system used for recording…

Data
.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
.IVY

Apache Ivy Module Descriptor

The .ivy file is a configuration file used by Apache Ivy, which is a popular dependency manager for Java-based projects, often integra…

Data
.2026

Unknown/Invalid File Format

The input '2026' does not correspond to a recognized, standard file extension or a widely documented file format in computing. In the…

Data
.DPT

Kingsoft Presentation Template

A DPT file is a presentation template created by Kingsoft Presentation, which is a core component of the WPS Office suite (formerly kn…

Data
.SXI

StarOffice Impress Presentation

The SXI file extension is primarily associated with StarOffice Impress, a presentation software component originally developed by Sun…

Data
.CGT

CGTech VERICUT Project File

The CGT file extension is primarily associated with VERICUT, a sophisticated software suite developed by CGTech used for CNC simulation, verification, and opti…

Data
.XMT

Parasolid CAD Format (Text)

The XMT file extension is primarily associated with the Parasolid geometric modeling kernel, a world-leading 3D solid modeling engine developed by Siemens Digi…

Data
.SWL

Adobe Flash Shared Library

An SWL file is a Shared Library file associated with Adobe Flash, which was originally developed by Macromedia. These files are designed to store various asset…

Data
.FDB

Firebird Database File

An FDB file is a database file created and used by the Firebird relational database management system (RDBMS). Firebird is an open-source SQL database engine t…

Data
.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…

Data
.SC2SCENE

StarCraft II Scene File

A .sc2scene file is a proprietary data format used by the StarCraft II Editor, also known as the Galaxy Editor, which is the official modding tool for Blizzard…

Data
.BMS

Be-Music Source File

The Be-Music Source (BMS) format is a specialized file format primarily used in rhythm-based music games. Developed in the late 1990s as a way to simulate the…

Data
.SNW

S Note File

The SNW file extension is primarily associated with S Note, a note-taking application developed by Samsung for its Galaxy Note series of smartphones and tablet…

Data
.STC

OpenOffice.org XML Spreadsheet Template

The STC file extension is primarily associated with spreadsheet templates created by older versions of Apache OpenOffice Calc and StarOffice Calc, which were o…

Data
.P7S

PKCS #7 Signature File

A P7S file is a digital signature file used to verify the authenticity and integrity of an email or document. It is based on the Public-Key Cryptography Standa…

Data
.SPD

SPSS Data File

The SPD file format is primarily associated with IBM SPSS Statistics, a powerful software package used for interactive or batched statistical analysis. Specifi…

Data
.ITMT

iTones Music Theme File

The ITMT file extension is a specialized data format primarily associated with iTones, a legacy software utility designed for the creation and management of cu…

Data
.TLS

TuneLab Settings File

The TLS file extension is primarily associated with TuneLab, a professional-grade software application used by piano technicians for tuning acoustic pianos. A…

Data
.TFSTATE

Terraform State File

A TFSTATE file is a Terraform State file used by HashiCorp Terraform, an open-source infrastructure as code (IaC) software tool. This file plays a critical rol…

Data
.TFSTATE.BACKUP

Terraform State Backup File

A TFSTATE.BACKUP file is an automatically generated backup of a Terraform state file (terraform.tfstate), which is used by HashiCorp's Terraform infrastructure…

Data
.GPO

Group Policy Object Backup File

The GPO file extension is primarily associated with Group Policy Object backups created within the Microsoft Windows environment. These files are generated by…

Data
.GSHADOW

Linux Group Shadow File

The gshadow file format is a critical system configuration file used in Unix-like operating systems, most notably Linux, to store secure group account informat…

Data
.OTS

OpenDocument Spreadsheet Template

An OTS file is a spreadsheet template created using the OpenDocument standard, which is an open, XML-based file format for office applications. This specific e…

Data
.MVN

Xsens MVN Motion Capture Data

The MVN file extension is primarily associated with Xsens MVN, a professional-grade inertial motion capture system used for recording and analyzing human movem…

Data
.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…

Data
.IVY

Apache Ivy Module Descriptor

The .ivy file is a configuration file used by Apache Ivy, which is a popular dependency manager for Java-based projects, often integrated with Apache Ant. The…

Data
.2026

Unknown/Invalid File Format

The input '2026' does not correspond to a recognized, standard file extension or a widely documented file format in computing. In the context of file systems…

Data
.DPT

Kingsoft Presentation Template

A DPT file is a presentation template created by Kingsoft Presentation, which is a core component of the WPS Office suite (formerly known as Kingsoft Office)…

Data
.SXI

StarOffice Impress Presentation

The SXI file extension is primarily associated with StarOffice Impress, a presentation software component originally developed by Sun Microsystems as part of t…

Data

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