Data Files

Also:

• Glossary
• Data Types
• Data Base Management Systems
• DOS File Systems
• Character Images (the bitmaps that make letters)
• Character Encoding: ASCII, EBCDIC, Unicode, Gray code.
• Component Symbols
• Location Data, Physical Address
• Developing knowledge from data
• Images

Known Extensions:

.ART

files are used by AOL in thier online service and are being supported for display in thier AOLPRESS browser/editor from GNN. The .ART file format and development tools were created by Johnson-Grace Corporation and appear to be available to developers only (or possibly not available since thier aquisition by AOL) ^

.BAT

Batch Files - DOS COMMAND.COM

.BMP

Windows Bitmap

.COM

Command - DOS Loader

.DBF and .NDX/.MDX/.NTX/.IDX

xBase database files and related index types for dBase, Clipper, and Foxpro

.DWF

Autocad drawing file.

.EMF

Enhanced Meta File

.EXE

Executable - DOS Loader

.G-CODE

G-Code for 3D printing and CNC

.Gerber

Gerber files for PCB manufacture

.GIF

files are the defacto standard for raster image graphics on the World Wide Web. see also: services

.HEX

Hex Files

.HLP

WinHelp or Windows help files

.HTM/.HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language. A subset of SGML

ISBN

A system for numbering books

.JPEG

An image compression format ideal to greyscale and color photograps

.PCL

Printer Control Language.

.PCX

Older format graphic files

.PDF

Portable Document Format. From Adobe Systems Corp

.PFM

Printer Font Metric

.PGML

The Precision Graphics Markup Language is the Adobe / IBM / Netscape / SUN proposed extension of HTML for Vector Graphics. Although it was submited before the VML proposal, the W3 Commity commented on VML (very positivly) and has not (as of 98/07/28) commented on PGML. (Read: W3 is owned by Microsoft)

.PNG +

Portable Network Graphics

.RTF

Rich Text Format

.TTF

True Type Font

.TXT

text files. On PC systems, these are ASCII text. Text can be watermarked

.VCF

v-card .VCF files; they are an electronic version of a business card (rfc 2426) supported by yahoo, palm pilots, etc.... (see: http://www.imc.org/pdi/ or http://info.internet.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc/files/rfc2426.txt) that Outlook automatically attaches to every email.

.VML

The Vector Markup Language is the Microsoft / Hewlett Packard / Visio / Autodesk / MacroMedia proposed extension of HTML for Vector Graphics. VML is defined as a part of XML

.WAV

Sound files

.WMF

Windows Meta File. see also: Caolán McNamara's Guide for non-windows programmers

.XBM

.XPS

See also:

• James Newton refers to " /techref/mimedecode.asp Decode data from several common mime types." +
• http://www.csgnetwork.com/morsecodedeconv.html Javascript converts Text to Morse code
• Wotsit's Formats
• http://www.xploiter.com/mirrors/datas/cstart.htm Data Structures And Number Systems
• http://www.isomatic.co.uk/WBStandards.htm
• http://www.winfiles.com
• http://thorkildsen.no/faqsys/cates/formats.html
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/networking/moniker/overview/appendix_a.asp#Known_MimeTypes IE Known Mime types
• http://daytona.ca.sandia.gov/cgi-bin/conversion_central-3.2/cccgi image and document conversion service
• http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/gate/remotedb.htm

See:

Questions:

GSM Audio +

James Newton Says: " CSV "Comma Seperated Values" " +

Comments:

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