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SPS

Superscript

10

0A

RPT

Repeat

11

0B

VT

Vertical tab

12

0C

FF

Form feed

13

0D

CR

Carriage return

14

0E

SO

Shift out

15

0F

SI

Shift in

16

10

DLE

Data length escape

17

11

DC1

Device control 1

18

12

DC2

Device control 2

19

13

DC3

Device control 3

20

14

RES/ENP

Restore/enable presentation

21

15

NL

New line

22

16

BS

Backspace

23

17

POC

Program-operator communication

24

18

CAN

Cancel

25

19

EM

End of medium

26

1A

UBS

Unit backspace

27

1B

CU1

Customer use 1

28

1C

IFS

Interchange file separator

29

1D

IGS

Interchange group separator

30

1E

IRS

Interchange record separator

31

1F

IUS/ITB

Interchange unit separator/intermediate

transmission block

32

20

DS

Digit select

33

21

SOS

Start of significance

34

22

FS

Field separator

35

23

WUS

Word underscore

36

24

BYP/INP

Bypass/inhibit presentation

37

25

LF

Line feed

38

26

ETB

End of transmission block

39

27

ESC

Escape

40

28

SA

Set attribute

41

29

SFE

Start field extended

42

2A

SM/SW

Set mode/switch

43

2B

CSP

Control sequence prefix

44

2C

MFA

Modify field attribute

45

2D

ENQ

Enquiry

46

2E

ACK

Acknowledge

47

2F

BEL

Bell

48

30

(not assigned)

49

31

(not assigned)

50

32

SYN

Synchronous idle

51

33

IR

Index return

52

34

PP

Presentation position

53

35

TRN

Transparent

54

36

NBS

Numeric backspace

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37

EOT

End of transmission

56

38

SBS

Subscript

57

39

IT

Indent tab

58

3A

RFF

Required form feed

59

3B

CU3

Customer use 3

60

3C

DC4

Device control 4

61

3D

NAK

Negative acknowledge

62

3E

(not assigned)

63

3F

SUB

Substitute

64

40

SP

Space

65

41

RSP

Required space

66

42

(not assigned)

67

43

(not assigned)

68

44

(not assigned)

69

45

(not assigned)

70

46

(not assigned)

71

47

(not assigned)

72

48

(not assigned)

73

49

(not assigned)

74

4A

¢

75

4B

.

76

4C

<

77

4D

(

78

4E

+

79

4F

|

Logical OR

80

50

&

81

51

(not assigned)

82

52

(not assigned)

83

53

(not assigned)

84

54

(not assigned)

85

55

(not assigned)

86

56

(not assigned)

87

57

(not assigned)

88

58

(not assigned)

89

59

(not assigned)

90

5A

!

91

5B

$

92

5C

*

93

5D

)

94

5E

;

95

5F

¬

Logical NOT

96

60

–

97

61

/

98

62

(not assigned)

99

63

(not assigned)

100

64

(not assigned)

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65

(not assigned)

102

66

(not assigned)

103

67

(not assigned)

104

68

(not assigned)

105

69

(not assigned)

106

6A

¦

Broken pipe

107

6B

,

108

6C

%

109

6D

_

110

6E

>

111

6F

?

112

70

(not assigned)

113

71

(not assigned)

114

72

(not assigned)

115

73

(not assigned)

116

74

(not assigned)

117

75

(not assigned)

118

76

(not assigned)

119

77

(not assigned)

120

78

(not assigned)

121

79

`

Grave accent

122

7A

:

123

7B

#

124

7C

@

125

7D

'

126

7E

=

127

7F

"

128

80

(not assigned)

129

81

a

130

82

b

131

83

c

132

84

d

133

85

e

134

86

f

135

87

g

136

88

h

137

89

i

138

8A

(not assigned)

139

8B

(not assigned)

140

8C

(not assigned)

141

8D

(not assigned)

142

8E

(not assigned)

143

8F

(not assigned)

144

90

(not assigned)

145

91

j

146

92

k

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93

l

148

94

m

149

95

n

150

96

o

151

97

p

152

98

q

153

99

r

154

9A

(not assigned)

155

9B

(not assigned)

156

9C

(not assigned)

157

9D

(not assigned)

158

9E

(not assigned)

159

9F

(not assigned)

160

A0

(not assigned)

161

A1

~

162

A2

s

163

A3

t

164

A4

u

165

A5

v

166

A6

w

167

A7

x

168

A8

y

169

A9

z

170

AA

(not assigned)

171

AB

(not assigned)

172

AC

(not assigned)

173

AD

(not assigned)

174

AE

(not assigned)

175

AF

(not assigned)

176

B0

(not assigned)

177

B1

(not assigned)

178

B2

(not assigned)

179

B3

(not assigned)

180

B4

(not assigned)

181

B5

(not assigned)

182

B6

(not assigned)

183

B7

(not assigned)

184

B8

(not assigned)

185

B9

(not assigned)

186

BA

(not assigned)

187

BB

(not assigned)

188

BC

(not assigned)

189

BD

(not assigned)

190

BE

(not assigned)

191

BF

(not assigned)

192

C0

{

Opening brace

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C1

A

194

C2

B

195

C3

C

196

C4

D

197

C5

E

198

C6

F

199

C7

G

200

C8

H

201

C9

I

202

CA

SHY

Syllable hyphen

203

CB

(not assigned)

204

CC

(not assigned)

205

CD

(not assigned)

206

CE

(not assigned)

207

CF

(not assigned)

208

D0

}

Closing brace

209

D1

J

210

D2

K

211

D3

L

212

D4

M

213

D5

N

214

D6

O

215

D7

P

216

D8

Q

217

D9

R

218

DA

(not assigned)

219

DB

(not assigned)

220

DC

(not assigned)

221

DD

(not assigned)

222

DE

(not assigned)

223

DF

(not assigned)

224

E0

\

Reverse slash

225

E1

NSP

Numeric space

226

E2

S

227

E3

T

228

E4

U

229

E5

V

230

E6

W

231

E7

X

232

E8

Y

233

E9

Z

234

EA

(not assigned)

235

EB

(not assigned)

236

EC

(not assigned)

237

ED

(not assigned)

238

EE

(not assigned)

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EF

(not assigned)

240

F0

0

241

F1

1

242

F2

2

243

F3

3

244

F4

4

245

F5

5

246

F6

6

247

F7

7

248

F8

8

249

F9

9

250

FA

(not assigned)

251

FB

(not assigned)

252

FC

(not assigned)

253

FD

(not assigned)

254

FE

(not assigned)

255

FF

EO

Eight ones

File Extension

Type of File

.0

File containing information on hard disk compressed with DoubleSpace.

.123

Spreadsheet file in Lotus 123.

.4th

Source file in Forth.

.a

Source file in Macintosh Assembly.

.ad

Screensaver file in After Dark.

.ada

Source file in Ada.

.ai

Vector graphic file in Adobe Illustrator.

.aif

See .aiff.

.aifc

See .aiff.

.aiff

Audio file in the Apple Audio Interchange Format originally used on Apple and Silicon

Graphics (SGI) computers.

.ani

1. Animated cursor file in Microsoft Windows 9x and Windows NT.

2. Animation file.

.aol

File related to America Online.

.aps

Source file in Microsoft Visual C++.

.arc

Archive file compressed with ARC.

.arj

Archive file compressed with ARJ.

.asc

1. ASCII text file.

2. File encrypted with PGP (Pretty Good Privacy).

.asf

File in Microsoft Advanced Streaming Format.

.asm

Source file in Assembler.

.asp

File in Active Server Page format, generally found on the World Wide Web.

.atm

File in Adobe Type Manager.

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.au

Sound file, generally on UNIX systems or the World Wide Web.

.avi

Audio visual interleaved data file in the Microsoft RIFF format.

.bac

See .bak.

.bak

Backup file.

.bas

Source file in Basic.

.bat

Batch program file.

.bfc

Briefcase file in Microsoft Windows 9x.

.bin

1. Archive file compressed with MacBinary.

2. Binary file.

.bk

See .bak.

.bmk

Bookmarked file.

.bmp

Raster graphics file stored in bitmap format.

.box

Mailbox file in Lotus Notes.

.c

Source file in C.

.c++

Source file in C++.

.cab

Microsoft cabinet file—multiple files compressed into one and extractable with the

extract.exe utility.

.cas

Comma-delimited ASCII text file.

.cb

Clean boot file in Microsoft Windows.

.cbl

Source file in Cobol.

.cca

E-mail message in Lotus cc:mail.

.cda

CD audio track.

.cdf

1. File in Microsoft Channel Definition Format.

2. File in Common Data Format.

.cdi

File in Phillips Compact Disk Interactive format.

.cdr

Vector graphics file in CorelDraw.

.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++.

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.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.

.doc

1. Document file in Microsoft Word.

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

3. 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.

.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.

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.ico

Icon file in Microsoft Windows 9x.

.iff

1. Image or sound file in IFF format.

2. 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.

.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

1. Address file in Microsoft Outlook.

2. 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

1. Graphics file in CAD format.

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2. 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).

.pic

1. Image file in PC Paint format.

2. See .pict.

.pict

Image file in the Macintosh PICT.

.pl

1. Source file in Perl.

2. Source file in Prolog.

.png

Bitmap image file in PNG format.

.pps

1. Image file in Paint Shop Pro.

2. Slide show file in Microsoft PowerPoint.

.ppt

Presentation file in Microsoft PowerPoint.

.prc

Text or program file for 3Com PalmPilot.

.prg

File in Microsoft FoxPro, Ashton-Tate dBase, or CA Clipper.

.ps

PostScript printer file.

.psd

Image file in Adobe PhotoShop.

.pst

Personal File Folder file in Microsoft Outlook.

.pub

Document file in Ventura Publisher, Adobe PageMaker, or Microsoft Publisher.

.pwd

Document file in Microsoft Pocket Word for handheld and palm-size computers.

.pwl

Password file in Microsoft Windows 9x.

.pxl

Spreadsheet file in Microsoft Pocket Excel for handheld and palm-size computers.

.qic

Backup file in Microsoft Backup.

.qif

See .qti.

.qt

See .qtm.

.qti

Image file in Apple QuickTime.

.qtif

See .qti.

.qtm

Movie file in Apple QuickTime.

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