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.gw

Guinea-Bissau

.tj

Tajikistan

.gy

Guyana

.tk

Tokelau

.hk

Hong Kong SAR

.tm

Turkmenistan

.hm

Heard Island and McDonald

.tm

Turkmenistan

Islands

.hn

Honduras

.tn

Tunisia

.hr

Croatia

.to

Tonga

.ht

Haiti

.tp

East Timor

.hu

Hungary

.tr

Turkey

.id

Indonesia

.tt

Trinidad and Tobago

.ie

Ireland

.tv

Tuvalu

.il

Israel

.tw

Taiwan

.im

Man, Isle of

.tz

Tanzania

.in

India

.ua

Ukraine

.io

British Indian Ocean

.ug

Uganda

Territory

.iq

Iraq

.uk

United Kingdom

.ir

Iran

.um

U.S. Minor Outlying Islands

.is

Iceland

.us

United States

.it

Italy

.uy

Uruguay

.je

Jersey

.uz

Uzbekistan

.jm

Jamaica

.va

Vatican City

.jo

Jordan

.vc

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

.jp

Japan

.ve

Venezuela

.ke

Kenya

.vg

Virgin Islands, British

.kg

Kyrgzstan

.vi

Virgin Islands

.kh

Cambodia

.vn

Vietnam

.ki

Kiribati

.vu

Vanuatu

.km

Comoros

.wf

Wallis and Futuna

.kn

St. Kitts and Nevis

.ws

Samoa

.kp

North Korea

.ye

Yemen

.kr

Korea

.yt

Mayotte

.kw

Kuwait

.yu

Yugoslavia

.ky

Cayman Islands

.za

South Africa

.kz

Kazakhstan

.zm

Zambia

.la

Laos

.zw

Zimbabwe

Appendix C: Common File

Extensions

Common File Extensions

File

Type of File

Extension

.0

File containing information on hard disk compressed with DoubleSpace.

.123

Spreadsheet file in Lotus 123.

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.cgi

File containing Common Gateway Interface scripts, generally for use on the

World Wide Web.

.cgm

Vector graphics file in Computer Graphics Metafile format.

.chk

Portions of unidentifiable files saved in Windows by the Disk Defragmentor or

ScanDisk utilities.

.chm

File containing compiled HTML.

.cil

Microsoft Clip Gallery download package.

.class

Class file in Java.

.clp

Temporary file created by Microsoft Windows Clipboard utility.

.cmd

Command file in Windows NT, OS/2, MS-DOS, and CP/M.

.cmf

File in Corel Metafile.

.cob

Source file in Cobol.

.com

Command file or program.

.cpl

Control Panel file in Microsoft Windows 9x.

.cpp

Source file in C++.

.crt

Certificate file.

.css

Cascading Style Sheet file, generally used in conjunction with Web sites.

.csv

Comma-delimited text file.

.ct

Graphics file in Paint Shop Pro.

.cur

Cursor file in Windows.

.cxx

Source file in C++.

.dat

Data file.

.dbf

Database in dBASE and FoxPro.

.dcr

Multimedia file in Macromedia Shockwave.

.dib

Graphics file in Device Independent Bitmap format.

.dif

File in Data Interchange Format.

.dll

Dynamic-link library file.

∙ Document file in Microsoft Word.

.doc

∙ In the past, document file in Adobe FrameMaker or WordStar.

∙ Document file formatted for a word processor.

.dos

MS-DOS-related files in Microsoft Windows 9x.

.dot

Document template in Microsoft Word.

.drv

Device driver.

.dtd

Document Type Definition file in SGML or XML.

.dtp

Document file in Microsoft Publisher or PublishIt!

.dv

Video file.

.dvi

Document file in TEX Device Independent File format.

.emf

File in Enhanced Windows Metafile format.

.eml

Mail message in Microsoft Outlook Express.

.eps

Encapsulated PostScript file.

.exe

Executable program or file.

.F

Source file in Fortran.

.F77

Source file in Fortran 77.

.F90

Source file in Fortran 90.

.fax

Fax file in many Fax programs.

.fdf

File in Adobe Acrobat Forms.

.fla

Movie file in Macromedia Flash.

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.fli

Animation file in AutoDesk FLIC file.

.flf

Device driver in OS/2.

.fm

Document file in Adobe FrameMaker.

.fon

System font file in Windows.

.for

Source file in Fortran.

.fp

File in FileMaker Pro.

.fpt

See .fp.

.frm

Document file in Adobe FrameMaker.

.gid

Index file in Windows 9x.

.gif

Raster image file in GIF format.

.giff

See .gif.

.gtar

UNIX archive file compressed in GNU tar utility.

.gz

UNIX archive file compressed by gzip.

.gzip

See .gz.

.h

Header file.

.hdf

File in Hierarchical Data Format.

.hex

File encoded with Macintosh BinHex utility.

.hlp

Help file in Microsoft Windows.

.hqx

File encoded with BinHex utility.

.htm

See .html.

.html

HTML file, most commonly used as a Web page.

.ico

Icon file in Microsoft Windows 9x.

.iff

∙ Image or sound file in IFF format.

∙ Data file on Amiga systems.

.image

Image file in Macintosh Disk Image format.

.inf

Device information file, which contains scripts used to control hardware

operations.

.ini

In MS-DOS and Windows 3.x, an initialization file, which contains user

preferences and startup information about an application program.

.ins

File containing InstallShield install script.

.isu

File containing InstallShield uninstall script.

.jas

Image file in JAS format.

.jav

See .java.

.java

Source file in Java.

.jff

See .jpg.

.jfif

See .jpg.

.jpe

See .jpg.

.jpeg

See .jpg.

.jpg

Graphic image file encoded in the JPEG File Interchange Format.

.js

Source file in JavaScript.

.l

Source file in LISP.

.latex

Text file in LaTeX.

.lha

Archive file compressed with LZH.

.lib

Library file in many programming languages.

.lnk

Shortcut file in Windows 9x and Windows NT 4.

.log

Log file.

.lsp

Source file in LISP.

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.lzh

See .lha.

.mac

Image file in MacPaint.

.mak

Project file in Microsoft Visual Basic or Microsoft Visual C++.

.man

Manual page in UNIX.

.mbox

Mailbox file in BSD UNIX.

.mbx

∙ Address file in Microsoft Outlook.

∙ Mailbox file in Eudora.

.mcw

Document file in Microsoft Word for the Macintosh.

.mdb

Database in Microsoft Access.

.mic

Image file in Microsoft Image Composer.

.mid

Music file in MIDI format.

.midi

See .mid.

.mime

File encoded in MIME format.

.moov

Video file in Apple QuickTime.

.mov

See .moov.

.movie

See .moov.

.mp2

Audio file compressed and encoded according to the MPEG Audio Layer-2

standard.

.mp3

Audio file compressed and encoded according to the MPEG Audio Layer-3

standard.

.mpe

See .mpg.

.mpeg

See .mpg.

.mpg

Compressed video and audio file in MPEG format.

.mpp

∙ Graphics file in CAD format.

∙ File in Microsoft Project.

.msg

E-mail message in Microsoft Outlook.

.ncb

File in Microsoft Developer Studio.

.ncf

Command file in Novell NetWare.

.ncf

Temporary file created by Microsoft Windows Clipboard utility.

.net

Network configuration file.

.newsrc

Setup file for UNIX-based newsreaders.

.nlb

Data file in Oracle 7.

.nlm

Module file in Novell NetWare.

.nsf

Database in Lotus Notes.

.nws

News message file in Microsoft Outlook Express.

.obd

File in Microsoft Office Binder.

.ocx

Microsoft OLE control.

.ole

Microsoft OLE object.

.opt

See .ncb.

.p

Source file in Pascal.

.p65

Document file in PageMaker 6.5.

.pab

Address book file in Microsoft Outlook.

.pcd

Image file in Kodak Photo-CD.

.pcl

File in Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language.

.pcx

Bitmapped image file in PC Paintbrush.

.pdf

Document file encoded in Adobe Portable Document Format.

.pgp

File encrypted in PGP (Pretty Good Privacy).

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.scr

Screensaver file in Microsoft Windows.

.sea

Self-extracting Macintosh archive file compressed with StuffIt.

.set

File set in Microsoft Backup.

.sgm

File in SGML.

.sgml

See .sgm.

.shtml

∙ File in HTML format that has SSI (server side includes).

∙ Secure file in HTML.

.sig

Signature file for e-mail or Internet newsgroup use.

.sit

Macintosh archive file compressed with StuffIt.

.sm

Source file in Smalltalk.

∙ Interchangeable sound file format used on Sun, NeXT, and Silicon

.snd

Graphics computers, consisting of raw audio data preceded by a text

identifier.

∙ Sound resource file on the Macintosh.

.spl

File in Macromedia Shockwave Flash.

.sql

Query or report file in SQL.

.stm

See .shtml.

.sun

Raster graphics file in Sun systems.

.swa

Audio file in Macromedia Shockwave.

.swf

File in Macromedia Shockwave Flash.

.swp

Swap file in Microsoft Windows.

.sys

System configuration file.

.tar

Uncompressed UNIX archive in tar format.

.taz

UNIX archive file in Gzip or tar format.

.tcl

Source file in TCL.

.tga

Bitmap file in Targa format.

.tif

Bitmap images in TIFF format.

.tiff

See .tif.

.tmp

Temporary file in Windows.

.tsv

Tab separated values file.

.ttf

TrueType font file.

.txt

ASCII text file.

.udf

Database file in Microsoft Windows NT.

.uri

File containing list of URIs.

.url

Shortcut file on the Internet for a URL.

.uu

See .uud.

.uud

Binary file that has been translated into ASCII format using uuencode.

.uue

File that has been decoded from ASCII format back into binary format using

uudecode.

.vbx

Custom control in Microsoft Visual Basic.

.vda

See .tga.

.vp

Document file in Ventura Publisher.

.vrm

∙ See .vrml.

∙ Source file in Visual ReXX.

.vrml

A 3-D graphics file in VRML.

.vst

Bitmap image file in Targa.

.vxd

Virtual device driver in Microsoft Windows.

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.wab

E-mail file in Microsoft Outlook Express.

.wav

Sound file stored in waveform (WAV) audio format.

.wmf

Vector image file encoded as a Microsoft Windows Metafile.

.wp

Document file in Corel WordPerfect.

.wp6

Document file in Corel WordPerfect 6.x.

.wpd

See .wp.

.wpg

Graphic file in Corel WordPerfect.

.wps

Document file in Microsoft Works.

.wri

Document file in Microsoft Write.

.xls

Spreadsheet file in Microsoft Excel.

.z

UNIX file archive compressed with gzip.

.Z

UNIX file archive compressed with compress utility.

.zip

Archive file compressed in ZIP format with PKZIP or WinZip.

.zoo

Archive file compressed with zoo.

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