List of file formats (12584 bytes)
1: ...]s''' organized by type, seen on [[computer]]s. [[Filename extension]]s are usually noted in parenthesis...
7: *** [[au file format]]
9: *** [[Interchange File Format|IFF-8SVX]]
10: *** [[Interchange File Format|IFF-16SV]]
12: *** [[WAV]] - Microsoft Wave

GIS file formats (1220 bytes)
1: ...apping agencies (such as the [[USGS]]) or by GIS software developers.
3: Metadata often includes:
7: * One or more datums describing the precise shape of the [[Earth]] assumed by the coordinates.
9: ==Popular GIS file formats==
13: *[[GTOPO30]] - Large "complete Earth" coverage filesets

Intergraph Standard File Formats (700 bytes)
1: ...tandard File Formats''' ('''ISFF''') are the file formats common to [[MicroStation]] and [[Intergraph]]'s [...
3: ...files''', or '''DGN files''' (*.dgn) are [[binary file]]s with variable-length records for graphic eleme...
5: ...at store cell definitions for placement in design files.

List of archive formats (1921 bytes)
1: ''This is a list of formats used by [[Archiving software]] in [[archive|archiving]] and [[data compre...
3: *[[ACE file type|ACE]], a [[proprietary]] format.
5: ...also [http://www.arjsoft.com/ the website of ARJ Software, Inc.]
7: *[[Cabinet (file type)|CAB]], the [[Microsoft Windows]] native archive format.
9: *[[cpio]], see also [http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/cpio.html the GNU cpio website].

List of audio formats (1331 bytes)
1: ...his includes both physical media and data storage formats.
28: ...acusd.edu/History/recording/notes.html University of San Diego article]
31: * [http://www.techtv.com/audiofile/print/0,23102,3304393,00.html TechTV article]
34: [[category:lists|Audio formats]]

List of file systems (4225 bytes)
1: === Disk file systems ===
4: *[[Be File System|BFS]] – the Be File System used on [[BeOS]]
5: ...[EFS]] – Encrypted filesystem, An extension of [[NTFS]]
7: *[[Extended file system|Ext]] – Extended filesystem, designed for [[Linux]] systems
8: *[[Ext2]] – Extended filesystem 2, designed for [[Linux]] systems

Recording formats (567 bytes)
1: ...ere have beem hundreds of [[recording media]] and formats.
7: natural languages formats
13: sound formats
14: *[[phonograms]] formats
15: * magnetic media's formats

Video formats (3401 bytes)
1: ...video format describes the sequence and structure of [[Frame (film)|frames]] that create the moving vi...
3: ...ed with [[VESA|computer]]s, and even such offbeat formats such as color field sequential.
5: ...ure of displayed visual information for a variety of [[graphical output device]]s.
7: =Common Organization of Video Formats=
8: ...ning information about the image. Although video formats vary greatly in organization, there is a common t...

Book formats (853 bytes)
1: Books come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, but certain terms are widely us...
9: ...sheets of paper are folded to make a given number of pages, after their folds are cut.
11: ...here are many other names for indicating the size of books.
13: ...o designate a certain sort of binding, regardless of the size.

Computer numbering formats (29721 bytes)
5: ...s is a certain [[faith]] in the [[infallibility]] of numerical computations. That is, if you multiply,...
9: you might expect to get a result of exactly 1. In practice, the result may prove to b...
11: ...n [[bignum]] systems might give either the answer of 1 or 0.999...
15: ...or 0 value [[encode]]d by the setting of a switch of some kind). A single bit can represent two [[stat...
27: ...present. Therefore, the expression for the number of states with ''n'' bits is 2^''n''.

PC-File (802 bytes)
1: .... It was one of the first three widely popular [[software]] products sold via the [[marketing]] method...
3: ...ing hundreds of dollars were often picky and full of [[Computer bug|bugs]].

COM file (5424 bytes)
1: ...the ''COM'' was short for "command" as these .com files contained the code for the basic commands that c...
4: ...to a DOS [[batch file]], then executing the batch file.
8: ...er has been told to expect to look for executable files. In the case where both exist and both can be f...
21: Taking advantage of this default behaviour, [[computer virus|virus]] ...
23: ...ard were not in place (as it is not under [[Microsoft Windows]]) then a Linux user might type an every...

File (220 bytes)
1: '''File''' has several meanings:
3: *[[Computer file]]
4: *[[File (tool)]]
5: *[[file (Unix)]], a program used to determine file types.
6: *[[File (chess)]]

File On 4 (184 bytes)
4: ...p://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/fileon4/index.shtml Official website]

Au file format (1810 bytes)
1: ...e [[audio file format]] that consists of a header of 6 32-[[bit]] words and then the data. The format ...
11: <td>1<td>data offset</td> <td>the offset to the data in [[byte | bytes]]. The minimum ...
26: <td>4</td><td>sample rate</td><td>the number of samples/second (e.g., 8000)</td>
29: <td> 5</td><td>channels</td><td>the number of interleaved channels (e.g., 1 for mono, 2 for ste...
34: ...ned to be processed by the [[NeXT]] [[MusicKit]] software.

WAD file (399 bytes)
1: '''WAD''' ("Where's All Data?") is the [[file format]] used by the [[computer game]] ''[[Doom]]...
3: ...computer gaming)|mod]]s for ''Doom'' that use WAD files, see [[Doom WADs]].
8: [[Category:Archive formats]]

Module file (1680 bytes)
3: Computer-generated music files.
5: ''If this is not the type of module you are looking for, see ''[[Module]]'' di...
7: ...e format started out on the [[Amiga]] the default file extension was .MOD, although there are now many d...
9: ... how to play the samples, (rather like a [[MIDI]] file), which note, which sample, the volume, any effec...
11: The contents of a Module would be created using a program known a...

Configuration file (3819 bytes)
1: ...] program. The formats of configuration files are often poorly [[Documentation|documented]].
3: ...tation may be the source code. Some configuration files are partially described by [[UNIX manual|man]] o...
5: ...es. Some can be told to re-read the configuration files and apply the changes to the current process. Th...
8: ... period. Server processes often use configuration files stored in /etc, but they may also use their inst...
10: == Microsoft Windows ==

File descriptor (325 bytes)
1: ...r file|file]]. Once the file has been opened, the file descriptor can be used by different [[system call...

Par file (1718 bytes)
1: ...ructability helps compensate for the unreliablity of Usenet news propegation.
3: PAR files are simple to spot. They use the following exten...
6: ... will still work by opening any of the actual PAR files.
8: PAR2 files generally use this naming/extension system:
9: ...filename.vol001+02.PAR2, filename.vol003+04.PAR2, filename.vol007+06.PAR2, etc

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