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827 extensions
.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
.DVF

Digital Voice File

The DVF (Digital Voice File) format is a proprietary audio file format developed by Sony, primarily used for their line of digital voi…

Audio
.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
.PRETTIERRC

Prettier Configuration File

A .prettierrc file is a configuration file used by Prettier, an opinionated code formatter widely adopted in modern web development. T…

Programming
.ESLINTIGNORE

ESLint Ignore File

An eslintignore file is a plain text configuration file used by ESLint, a popular static code analysis tool for identifying and report…

Programming
.GCLOUDIGNORE

Google Cloud Ignore File

A .gcloudignore file is a configuration file used by the Google Cloud Command Line Interface (gcloud CLI) to specify which local files…

Programming
.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
.GVY

GvY Video File

The GvY file extension is a proprietary or legacy video container format primarily associated with specific digital video recording de…

Video
.YPP

YPP Project File

The YPP file extension is primarily associated with YPP (Yet Another Pre-Processor), a specialized tool used in software development a…

Programming
.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
.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
.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
.ESLINTRC

ESLint Configuration File

An ESLint configuration file, typically saved as a dotfile named .eslintrc, is used by ESLint, a widely adopted static code analysis t…

Programming
.CVSIGNORE

CVS Ignore File

A .cvsignore file is a configuration file used by the Concurrent Versions System (CVS), an older revision control system. It is used t…

Programming
.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
.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
.BME

Bitmap Editor Image

The BME file format is primarily associated with the Bitmap Editor software, a legacy graphics utility used for creating and editing r…

Image
.CAF

Core Audio Format

The Core Audio Format (CAF) is a highly flexible and advanced digital audio container format developed by Apple Inc. It was specifical…

Audio
.SXI

StarOffice Impress Presentation

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

Data
.MRZ

Machine Readable Zone Data

The MRZ (Machine Readable Zone) file format is a specialized data structure used primarily in identity documents such as passports, vi…

Data
.CLANG-FORMAT

Clang-Format Configuration File

A .clang-format file is a configuration file used by ClangFormat, a highly popular tool developed under the LLVM project designed to a…

Programming
.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
.DVF

Digital Voice File

The DVF (Digital Voice File) format is a proprietary audio file format developed by Sony, primarily used for their line of digital voice recorders. It is desig…

Audio
.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
.PRETTIERRC

Prettier Configuration File

A .prettierrc file is a configuration file used by Prettier, an opinionated code formatter widely adopted in modern web development. This file is typically pla…

Programming
.ESLINTIGNORE

ESLint Ignore File

An eslintignore file is a plain text configuration file used by ESLint, a popular static code analysis tool for identifying and reporting on patterns found in…

Programming
.GCLOUDIGNORE

Google Cloud Ignore File

A .gcloudignore file is a configuration file used by the Google Cloud Command Line Interface (gcloud CLI) to specify which local files and directories should b…

Programming
.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
.GVY

GvY Video File

The GvY file extension is a proprietary or legacy video container format primarily associated with specific digital video recording devices, surveillance syste…

Video
.YPP

YPP Project File

The YPP file extension is primarily associated with YPP (Yet Another Pre-Processor), a specialized tool used in software development and programming environmen…

Programming
.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
.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
.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
.ESLINTRC

ESLint Configuration File

An ESLint configuration file, typically saved as a dotfile named .eslintrc, is used by ESLint, a widely adopted static code analysis tool for JavaScript and Ty…

Programming
.CVSIGNORE

CVS Ignore File

A .cvsignore file is a configuration file used by the Concurrent Versions System (CVS), an older revision control system. It is used to specify files and direc…

Programming
.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
.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
.BME

Bitmap Editor Image

The BME file format is primarily associated with the Bitmap Editor software, a legacy graphics utility used for creating and editing raster-based images. As a…

Image
.CAF

Core Audio Format

The Core Audio Format (CAF) is a highly flexible and advanced digital audio container format developed by Apple Inc. It was specifically designed to overcome t…

Audio
.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
.MRZ

Machine Readable Zone Data

The MRZ (Machine Readable Zone) file format is a specialized data structure used primarily in identity documents such as passports, visas, and national ID card…

Data
.CLANG-FORMAT

Clang-Format Configuration File

A .clang-format file is a configuration file used by ClangFormat, a highly popular tool developed under the LLVM project designed to automatically format sourc…

Programming

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