| File Extension Full Article Url | File Extension Short Description |
| File Extension PDF | PDF is a universal file format created by Adobe Corporation. At this moment significant part of documents distributed via internet are stored in this format. The key benefit of this format is that it could be viewed by free Adobe Acrobat Reader application which could be downloaded from Adobe web site. File extension PDF stands for Portable Document Format. |
| File Extension DOC | File extension DOC is created using Microsoft Word for Windows application. DOC stands for the DOCument. New versions of Microsoft Word use DOCX file extension which is extension of DOC file format. A big advantage of this new format is that it is open and could be read by applications other than Microsoft Word. File extension DOC probably could be only compared in popularity to PDF file extension. |
| File Extension XLS | File extension XLS stands for Excel Spreadsheet. File of this type is created by Microsoft Excel application. Excel application was created by Microsoft in 1993 and now it is the most popular computer application to date. It is part of Microsoft Office Suite of applications.PDF file extensions could be opened by Acrobat Reader 8 which is part of Google Pack application suite. |
| File Extension PPT | Microsof PowerPoint is a proprietary presentation program developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Office system, and runs on Microsoft Windows and the Mac OS computer operating systems. PowerPoint is widely used by business people, educators, students, and trainers and is among the most prevalent forms of persuasion technology. Beginning with Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft revised the branding to emphasize PowerPoint's place within the office suite, calling it Microsoft Office PowerPoint instead of just Microsoft PowerPoint. The current version is Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. As a part of the Microsoft Office suite, PowerPoint has become the world's most widely used presentation program. |
| File Extension PPS | File Extension PPS stands for 'Power Point Slide Show'. It is a data file which can contain a combination of text, pictures and even movies. It can be better defined as a digital presentation made of different slides displayed in successive sequences similar to those in old slide projectors. The .PPS file also holds information on how the presentation is displayed, such as the transition effects between slides. |
| File Extension EXE | EXE file associated with this application. File extension EXE stands for executable. This file contains commands coded in machine language which computer executes and as result you see functional application. |
| File Extension DLL | DLL contains helper system code which is used by applications for certain features. File extension DLL stands for Dynamic Link Library. |
| File Extension SYS | File extenson SYS stands for system file. It is very frequently used by operating system to store parts of executable code. An example of SYS files is config.sys which is used to store system configuration. Another example is pagefile.sys which stores windows paging file (disk dump of system memory). |
| File Extension MOV | The QuickTime (.mov) file format functions as a multimedia container file that contains one or more tracks, each of which stores a particular type of data: audio, video, effects, or text (for subtitles, for example). |
| File Extension MP4 | The official filename extension for MPEG-4 Part 14 files is .mp4, thus the container format is often referred to simply as MP4. |
| File Extension FLV | Flash Video is the name of a file format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player (formerly known as Macromedia Flash Player) versions 6-10. Until version 9 update 2 of the Flash Player, Flash Video referred to a proprietary file format, having the extension FLV. |
| File Extension M4A | Audio book and podcast files, which also contain metadata including chapter markers, images, and hyperlinks, can use the extension .m4a, but more commonly use the .m4b extension. An .m4a audio file cannot "bookmark" (remember the last listening spot), whereas .m4b extension files can. Users can rename .mp4 or .m4a file extensions to .m4b to activate these features. |
| File Extension RAR | RAR is archive file format that supports data compression, error recovery, and file spanning. It was developed by Eugene Roshal (hence the name RAR: Roshal ARchive) and currently licensed by Win.RAR GmbH. |
| File Extension ZIP | A ZIP file contains one or more files that have been compressed, to reduce their file size, or stored as-is. A number of compression algorithms are permitted in zip files but as of 2008 only DEFLATE is widely used and supported. |
| File Extension 3GP | File extension 3GP is used to store multimedia information for 3G phones. 3GP was defined by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) for use on 3G mobile phones. |
| File Extension DAT | .DAT is a file extension used in the Microsoft Windows Operating System to store application "data". This file extension could be used by any application to store images, 3d graphics, binary data and any other kind of information. |
| File Extension TORRENT | File extension TORRENT is used to store information generated by BitTorrent clients. If you want to open such file you have to install BitTorrent client. |
| File Extension BIN | File extension BIN usually stands for "binary file". It may contain different kinds of resources like 3D models, video, audio, control scripts etc. Exact type of data depends on the application |
