| Are
you wondering what all those file types you see on the web are about? Following
is a list of common Internet related file types, associated file extensions
and where to get details.
.JAR
Java
ARchive compressed file
Java
Development Kit 1.2 -- JAR Guide
.JAVA
Java
source code file
Java
home page
.JPG,
.JPEG
Joint
Photographic Experts Group image file
JPEG
home page
.JS
JavaScript
source file
Netscape's
JavaScript Reference
.LA,
.LMA
Netscape
packetized audio file
.MID,
.MIDI
Musical
Instrument Digital Interface music file
.MOV,
.QT
QuickTime
MOVie multimedia file
QuickTime
.MPG,
.MPEG, .MP2, .MP3
Moving
Picture Experts Group multimedia file
MPEG
Pointers and Resources
.PCX
Zsoft
paintbrush image file
.PDF
adobe
acrobat Portable Document File
Adobe
Acrobat
.PL,
.PLX
PerL
script file
Perl
home page
.PNG
Portable
Network Graphics image file
Portable
Network Graphics home page
.POV
Persistance
of Vision Ray tracer picture file
POV-Ray
- the Persistence of Vision Raytracer
.PPM
Portable
PixelMap image file
.PS
adobe
acrobat PostScript document file
Adobe
Systems Inc.
.RA,
.RAM, .RM
Real
Audio multimedia file
RealNetworks,
The Home of RealAudio, RealVideo and RealFlash
.REG
Windows
REGistry entries file
Microsoft
Windows
.RTF
Rich
Text Format document file
Microsoft
Windows
.TGA
Truevision
TarGA image file
.TIF,
.TIFF
Tagged
Image File Format image file
.TXT
plain
TeXT file
.WAV
Wave
sound file
Microsoft
Windows
.WRI
Windows
WRIte format document file
Microsoft
Windows
.WRL,
.VRML
Virtual
Reality Modeling Language file
The
VRML Consortium
.XBM
X
BitMap image file
.XML
eXtensible
Markup Language file
Extensible
Markup Language
.ZIP
PKZIP
compressed file
PKWARE
Inc.
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