100 N/A 101 Animation 102 Database 103 Database Hybrid 104 Document 105 Font 106 Game Data 107 Graphic Image 108 Graphic Metafile 109 Hypertext 110 Hypermedia 111 Icon 112 Library of Functions 113 Macro 114 Program Data 115 Program Executable 116 Raw Printer Data 117 ROM/RAM Image 118 Shortcut/Link 119 Sound 120 Sound Metafile 121 Source Code 122 Spreadsheet 123 Template 124 Text 125 Text Hybrid 126 Virtual Environment 127 Virus 150 N/A 151 Amiga 152 IBM OS/2 153 IBM PC Compatible 154 Macintosh 155 MS Windows 3.x 156 MS Windows 95/98/NT 157 MS/PC DOS 158 Sun OS 159 UNIX 160 Atari 170 N/A 171 Archive 172 Binary 173 Bitmap/Raster 174 Digital Audio 175 Music Notes 176 Text 177 Translated 178 Vector 200 Miscellaneous 201 Title 202 Author 203 Program Name 204 Software 205 Name 206 File Version 207 Comments 208 Display Name 209 Product 210 Source 211 Subject 212 Mac Type ID 213 Description 214 Copyright 215 Artist 216 Instrument 217 Lyric 218 Text 219 Keywords 220 Date Created 221 Mac Creator 222 Compiler 223 Compressor 224 Company 225 Internal Name 226 File Name 227 Product Version 228 Unknown Chunk Tag 229 Album 230 Year 231 Genre 250 N/A 251 text/plain 252 image/gif 253 application/zip 254 application/x-zip-compressed 255 application/applefile 256 application/x-msdownload 257 application/x-excel 258 application/x-lzh 259 image/tiff 260 application/wordperfect5.1 261 audio/wav 262 application/postscript 263 image/jpeg 264 image/x-rgb 265 image/x-xbitmap 266 image/x-portable-anymap 267 image/x-portable-bitmap 268 image/x-portable-graymap 269 image/x-portable-pixmap 270 application/x-wri 271 application/msword 272 image/x-xwindowdump 273 video/avi 274 video/msvideo 275 video/quicktime 276 video/mpeg 277 application/x-tbook 278 application/x-envoy 279 application/pdf 280 application/mac-binhex40 281 application/x-stuffit 282 audio/basic 283 application/rtf 284 text/html 285 audio/aiff 286 audio/x-aiff 1000 \nNotes: This is a file format that is either too \n unstructured to be recognized or it has not yet \n been added to File Investigator. 1001 \nNotes: Also known as a file folder. This is an entry in \n the list of disk files that represents another \n separate list of files. Directories can be nested \n meaning that each directory can contain many \n directories inside. They are used to organize \n files in a disk drive. \n \nView Software: File Investigator, DIR (MS DOS command), \n MS Explorer (included with Windows 95/98/NT) 1002 \nNotes: Also known as a disk label. This is an entry in \n the list of disk files that stores the name of the \n disk. It usually doesn't show up in a list of \n disk files, but is used to represent the whole \n disk. \n \nView Software: VOLUME or DIR (MS DOS commands), \n MS Explorer (included with Windows 95/98/NT) 1003 \nNotes: A file that has text without any formatting, other \n than Tabs, Line Feeds, Form Feeds, Backspaces and \n Carriage Returns. \n \nView Software: FITEXT (included with File Investigator) \nEdit Software: MS NotePad, MS WordPad, MS DOS Edit \nConvert Software: (included in most word processors) 1004 Originator: CompuServe Inc. (1987) \n \nNotes: A widely used image format that can be exchanged \n easily between different computer platforms. It is \n limited to 256 colors, and uses Lempel-Ziv-Welch \n compression. While using this format is \n unrestricted, writing software that creates a GIF \n image is restricted by CompuServe, Inc.. \n \nView Software: MS Internet Explorer (Shareware) \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 309-330. 1005 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A widely used image format. It can use 1, 4, 8 or \n 24 bit color, and uses either Run-Length Encoding or \n no compression. While this format is very similar \n to the OS/2 BMP format, there are differences that \n make them incompatible with each other. \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n MS Paintbrush, MS Paint (included with MS Windows) \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 434-443. 1006 Originator: Commodore Amiga, Inc. & Electronic Arts (1985) \n \nNotes: A widely used image format on the Amiga, that uses \n the Interchange File Format standard. It can use \n up to 8 bit color, and uses either Run-Length \n Encoding (RLE) or no compression. \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n DeLuxe Paint II (Purchase) \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 371-376. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 658-671. 1007 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A native format to Microsoft Windows 1.x & 2.x. It \n can only store a 1 bit (monochrome) image, and uses \n either Run-Length Encoding (RLE) or no compression. \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n MS Paint (included with MS Windows 2.x) \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 411-415. \n Hogan, Thom., "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook, Second \n Edition", Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991, p. 6-18. 1008 Originator: Autodesk \n \nNotes: An animation format that stores sequences of still \n images without sound. .FLI files are created with \n Animator and are limited to 64 colors at up to \n 320x200. .FLC files are created with Animator Pro \n and are limited to 256 colors at up to 65536x65536. \n \nView Software: Microsoft Video for Windows (in Windows 95/98/NT 4.0) \nEdit Software: Autodesk Animator/Pro, IBM Multimedia Tool Series \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, \n p. 282-297. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 948-962. 1009 Originator: Digital Research \n \nNotes: An image format native to the GEM Desktop GUI. It \n can use up to 14 bit color, and always uses Run- \n -Length Encoding (RLE). \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \nEdit Software: GEM Paint (GEM Desktop;Purchase) \n Paint Shop Pro (MS Windows;Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 298-302. 1010 Originator: Paul Mace Inc. (1984) \n \nNotes: A format originally created for use with the first \n Mouse Systems mouse. It is capable of up to 24 bit \n color. It uses either Run-Length Encoding (RLE) or \n no compression. \n \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Windows;Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n PC Paint 2.0, Pictor 3.0/3.1 (for DOS) \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 524-536. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 889-894. 1011 Originator: ZSoft & Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A widely used image format. The older versions \n were only capable of 4 or 8 bit color, but version \n 3 allows 24 bit color. It uses either Run-Length \n Encoding (RLE) or no compression. \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n PC Paintbrush series (Purchase) \n MS Paint (included with MS Windows) \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 503-518. 1012 Originator: PK Ware \n \nNotes: The most popular archive/compression format in the \n IBM PC Compatible market. While there are many \n utilities to compress and extract files from a Zip \n archive, many of them can also modify the archive to \n extract by itself. \n \nView Software: PK Zip (Shareware) \nEdit Software: PK Zip (Shareware and for Purchase) 1013 Originator: Apple Computer Inc. \n \nNotes: A file that was copied from a Macintosh computer. \n When a file is stored on a Macintosh, it has a Data \n Fork that contains the actual data, and a separate \n Resource Fork that contains information about that \n data. Some Mac to PC file transfer utilities \n combine both forks into one file when copying them \n to a PC. If you need to remove the Resource Fork, \n then run FIDPROP.EXE on the file and change the file \n size to 128 byte less than the original size (and \n choose to subtract it from the beginning of the \n file. \n \nConvert Software: File Investigator Properties for DOS (Shareware;Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 907-909. 1014 Originator: Creative Labs \n \nNotes: A sound file stored in the widely used VOC format. \n It stores PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) data at 8 or \n 16 bit in mono or stereo. 2:1, 3:1 or 4:1 \n compression can be used, but it is decompressed by \n the Sound Blaster board directly. \n \nView Software: Cool Edit Pro (Demo and for Purchase) \n http://www.syntrillium.com/prospec.htm \nConvert Software: Cool Edit Pro (Demo and for Purchase) \n http://www.syntrillium.com/prospec.htm \n \nReference(s): Stolz, Axel., "The Sound Blaster Book", Abacus, Grand \n Rapids, MI, 1992, p. 143-150. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1126-1132. 1015 Originator: Microsoft Corporation (circa 1980) \n \nNotes: A program that was compiled to run in MS/PC DOS on \n an Intel 80x86 based computer. Its predecessor was \n CPM. .COM is usually a program that was written to \n run within 64K of RAM. .EXE is usually a program \n that was written to require more than 64K of RAM. \n The compiler or program that created it will often \n appear in parentheses after the description. \n \nReference(s): Microsoft Corporation, "MS-DOS Programmer's Reference", \n Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991. \n Hogan, Thom., "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook, Second \n Edition", Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991, p. 2-30. 1016 \nNotes: A file that uses the popular Amiga SoundTracker (aka \n Noisetracker, Protracker and Startracker) format. \n This sound format contains digital sound samples for \n each instrument, combined with music data that \n modifies each instrument sample to achieve the \n desired sound. \n \nView Software: Mod 4 Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mod4win.com/ \nEdit Software: MODEDIT (Shareware) \n \nReference(s): Stolz, Axel., "The Sound Blaster Book", Abacus, Grand \n Rapids, MI, 1992, p. 296-304. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1140-1144. 1017 Originator: Apple Computer Inc. \n \nNotes: A sound file that was created on a Macintosh. \n It stores 8 bit PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) sound at \n 5500, 7333, 11025 or 22254.54 Hz. 1018 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nEdit Software: MS Word for Windows (Purchase) 1019 Originator: TrueVision Inc. \n \nNotes: A format created to store True Color images. It can \n store 8 to 32 bit color with RLE (Run-Length \n Encoding) or no compression. \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 644-662. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 865-873. 1020 Originator: PK Ware \n \nView Software: PK Pak (Purchase) 1021 Originator: Robert K. Jung \n \nView Software: Arj (Shareware) \nEdit Software: Arj (Shareware) 1022 \nNotes: This is a file that consists of a list of DOS commands \n that execute when you run the file. \n \nView Software: FITEXT (File Investigator: Preview tab) \nEdit Software: MS Edit (included with MS DOS 4.0 and later), \n MS Notepad (included with MS Windows) 1023 Originator: AdLib \n \nNotes: A file that contains musical data to be played \n through the FM channels on a sound card. AdLib \n created this format to take advantage of their \n sound card by the same name. \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1133-1137. 1025 Originator: Electronic Arts \n \nNotes: A sound file that uses the IFF (Interchange File \n Format) to store sound. It stores 8 bit sound with \n multiple channels in PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) \n or Fibonacci Delta. \n \nView Software: Cool Edit Pro (Demo and for Purchase) \n http://www.syntrillium.com/prospec.htm \nConvert Software: Cool Edit Pro (Demo and for Purchase) \n http://www.syntrillium.com/prospec.htm \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 658-683. 1026 Originator: Autodesk \n \nEdit Software: AutoCAD (purchase) 1027 \nNotes: A partial program that gets loaded into memory and \n replaces part of a running program. Overlays are \n used as drivers, filters and program parts, and are \n used in cases where free program memory (RAM) may \n be limited. This overlay may be from AutoCAD, DESQ \n View, Print Shop, Time Line, Novell, C-Worthy, \n Mustang Software or any other program that uses \n overlays. 1028 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A file containing BASIC (Beginner's All purpose \n Systematic Instruction Code) program source code. \n \nEdit Software: MS Basic, GW Basic (Purchase) 1029 Originator: Creative Labs \n \nNotes: A music file created with the CMS Organ program. \n This program was created to take advantage of the \n CM/S sound chip that is included on the original \n Sound Blaster card. This chip was the heart of the \n older Game Blaster card, which was the first sound \n card for IBM PC compatibles. \n \nEdit Software: Organ (included with the original Sound Blaster) 1030 Originator: Microsoft Corporation (circa 1980) \n \nNotes: A program that was compiled to run in MS/PC DOS on \n an Intel 80x86 based computer. Its predecessor was \n CPM. .COM is usually a program that was written to \n run within 64K of RAM. .EXE is usually a program \n that was written to require more than 64K of RAM. \n The compiler or program that created it will often \n appear in parentheses after the description. \n \nReference(s): Microsoft Corporation, "MS-DOS Programmer's Reference", \n Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991. \n Hogan, Thom., "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook, Second \n Edition", Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991, p. 2-30. 1031 \nEdit Software: Arts & Letters Editor (Purchase) 1032 Originator: Micrografx \n \nView Software: Crayola Art (for MS Windows) \n \nEdit Software: Crayola Art (for MS Windows;Purchase) 1033 Originator: Micrografx \n \nView Software: Crayola Art (for MS Windows) \n \nEdit Software: Crayola Art (for MS Windows;Purchase) 1034 Originator: Novell \n \nNotes: A set of text strings used by a Novell NetWare DOS \n Utility program. 1035 \nNotes: An archive file that includes an unextracting \n program in the header. \n \nView Software: Larc (Shareware) \nEdit Software: Larc (Shareware) 1036 \nNotes: An archive file that includes an unextracting \n program in the header. \n \nView Software: Lharc (Shareware) \nEdit Software: Lharc (Shareware) 1037 Originator: Corel 1038 Originator: Corel \n \nNotes: An image created with a version of Corel Draw older \n than 3.0. \n \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n Corel Draw (Purchase) 1039 Originator: Creative Labs \n \nNotes: A file that contains musical data (notes in the \n standard MIDI format) along with information for \n each instrument. The instrument information uses \n the same format as the SBI (Sound Blaster \n Instrument format). Creative Labs created the CMF \n format to take advantage of their FM chip. \n \nReference(s): Stolz, Axel., "The Sound Blaster Book", Abacus, Grand \n Rapids, MI, 1992, p. 248-251. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1110-1120. 1040 \nView Software: Cricket Graph for Windows (Purchase) \nEdit Software: Cricket Graph for Windows (Purchase) 1041 \nView Software: Cricket Graph for Windows (Purchase) \nEdit Software: Cricket Graph for Windows (Purchase) 1042 \nView Software: Cricket Graph for Windows (Purchase) \nEdit Software: Cricket Graph for Windows (Purchase) 1043 \nView Software: Cross Talk (Purchase) 1044 \nEdit Software: WinZip (Shareware and for Purchase) \n http://www.winzip.com/ 1045 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: This file stores a person's bank and investment \n information for Microsoft Money. \n \nEdit Software: MS Money (Purchase) 1046 \nView Software: Arc (Shareware) \nEdit Software: Arc (Shareware) 1047 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: An archive/compression format that only stores one \n file in each archive. The original file's extension \n remains except for the last character. \n \nEdit Software: Expand (included with MS DOS or MS Windows 3.x) \nConvert Software: Compress (included with some Microsoft products) 1048 \nView Software: Diet (Shareware) \nEdit Software: Diet (Shareware) 1049 \nView Software: Hyper (DOS;Shareware) \nEdit Software: Hyper (DOS;Shareware) 1050 \nView Software: Larc (Shareware) \nEdit Software: Larc (Shareware) 1051 \nView Software: LU (Shareware) \nEdit Software: LU (Shareware) 1052 \nView Software: Larc (Shareware) \nEdit Software: Larc (Shareware) 1053 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: This is a component of a help file. \n \nView Software: MS Help (included with MS Windows) 1054 \nView Software: Stunt Island (Purchase) \nEdit Software: Stunt Island (Purchase) 1056 \nView Software: Zoo (Shareware) \nEdit Software: Zoo (Shareware) 1057 \nNotes: A file designed to provide assistance for a certain \n program. This help file may be from Novell, Norton \n Utilities, C-Worthy, Canon Visual Guide, Mustang \n Software, Borland or any other program. 1058 Originator: Ashton Tate \n \nEdit Software: dBase III+ (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 10-14. 1059 Originator: Ashton Tate \n \nEdit Software: dBase III+ (Purchase) 1060 Originator: Ashton Tate \n \nEdit Software: dBase III+ (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 25-27. 1061 Originator: Ashton Tate \n \nEdit Software: dBase III+ (Purchase) 1062 Originator: Micrografx \n \nNotes: A newer image format used by Micrografx. \n \nEdit Software: (DRW) Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n (DRW) Designer, Charisma, Draw Plus \n (GRF) Windows Graph, Graph Plus \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 830-864. 1063 Originator: Micrographix \n \nNotes: An older image format used by Micrografx. \n \nEdit Software: Windows Draw, In*a*Vision (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 830-864. 1064 Originator: Media Cybernetics \n \nView Software: Dr. Halo (included with some mouse pointer devices) 1065 Originator: Microsoft Corporation 1066 Originator: Media Cybernetics \n \nNotes: A set of colors that a certain Dr. Halo image (PIC \n or CUT) will use when displayed. \n \nEdit Software: Dr. Halo (included with some mouse pointer devices) \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 252-255. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 874-879. 1067 Originator: Media Cybernetics \n \nNotes: An image that uses RLE (Run-Length Encoding) and \n requires a .PAL (Palette) file to define what colors \n to use when displayed. \n \nEdit Software: Dr. Halo (included with some mouse pointer devices) \n Dr. Halo III,Dr. Genius (included with Genius mouse) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 874-879. 1068 Originator: Microsoft Corporation 1069 Originator: Lucas Arts \n \nNotes: An animation file used with a Lucas Arts game or a \n Lucas Arts Living Book. 1070 Originator: Lucas Arts \n \nNotes: A sound file that uses the RIFF (Resource \n Interchange File Format) to store sound. It can \n store 8 or 16 bit sound with multiple channels in \n PCM (Pulse Code Modulation). 1071 Originator: Lucas Arts \n \nNotes: A sound file stored in the widely used Creative \n Voice Sound (VOC) format. The file header has been \n modified, so no software compatible with VOC files \n will work with this file. It stores PCM (Pulse Code \n Modulation) data at 8 or 16 bit in mono or stereo. \n 2:1, 3:1 or 4:1 compression can be used, but it is \n decompressed by the Sound Blaster board directly. 1072 Originator: Lucas Arts \n \nNotes: A file that coordinates a Living Book animation. 1073 Originator: AutoDesk (1982) \n \nNotes: A file format designed to exchange vector images \n between applications. It supports 8 bit color. \n \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n AutoCAD, Corel Draw (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 208-211. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 796-829. 1074 Originator: AutoDesk \n \nNotes: A file format designed to exchange vector images \n between applications. It supports 8 bit color. \n \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n AutoCAD, Corel Draw (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 208-211. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 796-829. 1075 Originator: AutoDesk \n \nNotes: A file format designed to exchange vector images \n between applications. It is supported by AutoCAD \n 10 and uses 8 bit color. \n \nEdit Software: AutoCAD (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 208-211. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 796-829. 1076 Originator: Robert K. Jung \n \nNotes: An archive file that includes an unextracting \n program in the header. \n \nView Software: Arj (Shareware) \nEdit Software: Arj (Shareware) 1077 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A program that was compiled to run in MS Windows. \n Its predecessor was MS DOS Programs. There are \n 16 bit versions for use with MS Windows 3.x and \n 32 bit versions for use with MS Windows 95/98, NT, and \n sometimes Windows 3.x (upgraded with Win32s). \n MS Windows 95/98 and NT can run both versions. \n \nReference(s): Hogan, Thom., "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook, Second \n Edition", Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991, p. 6-15. 1078 \nNotes: An archive file that includes an unextracting \n program in the header. \n \nView Software: Larc (Shareware) \nEdit Software: Larc (Shareware) 1079 \nNotes: An archive file that includes an unextracting \n program in the header. 1080 \nNotes: An archive file that includes an unextracting \n program in the header. \n \nView Software: Lharc (Shareware) \nEdit Software: Lharc (Shareware) 1081 \nNotes: An archive file that includes an unextracting \n program in the header. \n \nView Software: PK Arc (DOS;Shareware) \nEdit Software: PK Arc (DOS;Shareware) 1082 Originator: System Enhancement Associates, Inc. \n \nNotes: An archive file that includes an unextracting \n program in the header. \n \nView Software: Arc (Shareware) \nEdit Software: Arc (Shareware) 1083 Originator: Novell \n \nNotes: A configuration file that guides a NetWare utility \n with how to handle a specific client network driver. 1084 \nNotes: A document format native to the Hyperwriter word \n processor. \n \nEdit Software: Hyperwriter (Purchase) 1085 \nNotes: An animation file created to show large landscapes. \n It uses a proprietary file format, native to the \n Fanta Vision software. \n \nView Software: Fanta Vision (Shareware and for Purchase) \nEdit Software: Fanta Vision (Shareware and for Purchase) 1086 Originator: Novell \n \nNotes: A file that describes a certain printer's abilities \n and what printer commands are required. \n \nEdit Software: PRINTDEF (included with Novell NetWare) 1087 Originator: Digital Research \n \nNotes: An image format native to the GEM Desktop GUI. \n \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Windows;Shareware and for Purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n PageMaker (for Windows;Purchase) \n GEM Draw, Ventura Publisher (for DOS;on GEM Desktop) \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 303-308. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 628-657. 1088 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nView Software: MS DOS 1089 Originator: Digital Research \n \nNotes: A document format native to the GEM Desktop GUI, \n which was one of the first WYSIWYG (What You See Is \n What You Get) wordprocessors for the IBM PC \n Compatible market. \n \nEdit Software: GEM Write (MS DOS;Purchase) 1093 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: This is a list of passwords for MS Windows and/or \n a Windows program. 1094 \nNotes: A file that specifies what colors to use for a \n specific Harvard Graphics image. \n \nView Software: Harvard Graphics for Windows (Purchase) \nEdit Software: Harvard Graphics for Windows (Purchase) 1095 \nNotes: A set of program functions that have been compiled \n together, for use with other programs. 1096 Originator: Lotus \n \nView Software: Lotus 123 (Purchase) 1097 Originator: Lotus \n \nView Software: Lotus 123 (Purchase) 1098 Originator: Microsoft Corporation 1099 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: The archive format that MS Windows and some \n Windows programs are compressed with when shipped. 1100 Originator: Microsoft Corporation 1101 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: This is a file that MS Windows uses to store all \n system (SYSTEM.DAT), program and user (USER.DAT) \n related settings. It is a replacement for the \n .INI files used by older versions of Windows. \n \nEdit Software: REGEDIT (included with Windows 95/98 and NT 4.0) 1102 Originator: Lotus \n \nView Software: Lotus 123 (Purchase) 1103 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: This file stores internet addresses and object \n names for pages, images, etc. that the user has \n viewed with MS Internet Explorer. It also stores \n internet cookies. Cookies are files that an \n internet site stores on you computer. The next \n time that you visit that site, the cookie file \n is sent back to the site to remind it who you are \n and what you have done there in the past. \n \nView Software: MS Internet Explorer (Go/History option) 1104 Originator: Lotus \n \nEdit Software: Lotus 123 (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 62-104. 1105 Originator: Lotus \n \nEdit Software: Lotus 123 (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 105-144. 1106 Originator: Lotus \n \nEdit Software: Lotus 123, Symphony (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 62-104. 1107 Originator: Lotus \n \nEdit Software: Lotus 123 (Purchase) 1108 \nEdit Software: Lyra (Purchase) 1109 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A chart format that uses Microsoft's Binary \n Interchange File Format (BIFF). It is native to \n MS Excel. \n \nView Software: Microsoft Excel Viewer (Shareware) \n http://www.microsoft.com/excel/internet/viewer/ \nEdit Software: Microsoft Excel (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 252-353. 1110 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A macro format that uses Microsoft's Binary \n Interchange File Format (BIFF). It is native to \n MS Excel. \n \nEdit Software: Microsoft Excel (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 252-353. 1111 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A spreadsheet format that uses Microsoft's Binary \n Interchange File Format (BIFF). It is native to \n MS Excel. \n \nView Software: Microsoft Excel Viewer (Shareware) \n http://www.microsoft.com/excel/internet/viewer/ \nEdit Software: Microsoft Excel (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 252-353. 1112 Originator: Sydex \n \nNotes: A compressed image file of a floppy disk. \n \nEdit Software: TeleDisk (Shareware and for Purchase) 1113 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A file that specifies the icons located in an MS \n Windows group/window. \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1105-1107. 1114 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: An icon used in MS Windows that is capable of \n storing 1, 3 or 4 bit color at up to 64x64. \n \nView Software: MS Windows (you see it when a program uses it) \n Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n \nReference(s): Hogan, Thom., "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook, Second \n Edition", Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991, p. 6-25. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1055-1056. 1115 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A file designed to provide assistance for a certain \n MS Windows program. It was compiled from a document \n containing formatted text and images. \n \nView Software: WinHelp (included with MS Windows) 1116 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A file that contains settings to use when running a \n specific program. \n \nEdit Software: PIFEDIT (included with MS Windows 3.x) 1117 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A simple MS Windows database file. \n \nEdit Software: Cardfile (included with MS Windows 3.x) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1101-1102. 1118 Originator: Microsoft Corporation 1119 Originator: Microsoft Corporation 1121 Originator: Microsoft Corporation 1122 Originated: circa 1980 \n \nNotes: A document format native to the MultiMate word \n processor. \n \nEdit Software: MultiMate 3.3 (Purchase) 1123 \nNotes: A sound file created using Music Studio. \n \nEdit Software: Music Studio (Purchase) 1124 \nEdit Software: Music Studio (Purchase) 1125 \nEdit Software: Musician I (Purchase) 1126 \nNotes: A set of program functions that have been compiled \n together, and are ready to be linked. 1127 Originator: PFS \n \nNotes: A font from a low end desktop publisher product. \n \nView Software: PFS: 1st Publisher (Purchase) 1128 Originator: PFS \n \nNotes: A macro from a low end desktop publisher product. \n \nEdit Software: PFS: 1st Publisher (Purchase) 1129 Originator: PFS \n \nNotes: An image native to a low end desktop publisher \n product. \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \nEdit Software: PFS: 1st Publisher (Purchase) \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html 1130 Originator: PFS \n \nNotes: A desktop publisher document native to a low end \n desktop publisher product. \n \nEdit Software: PFS: 1st Publisher (Purchase) 1131 Originator: Adobe \n \nNotes: A document created with a widely used desktop \n publishing program. \n \nEdit Software: PageMaker 3.0 (Purchase) 1132 Originator: Aldus \n \nNotes: A document created by a widely used desktop \n publisher. \n \nEdit Software: PageMaker (Purchase) 1133 Originator: Adobe \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 256-266. 1134 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A document native to the MS Works word processor. \n \nEdit Software: MS Works (Purchase) 1135 \nView Software: Print Shop (for DOS;Purchase) \nEdit Software: Print Shop (for DOS;Purchase) 1136 Originator: Microsoft Corporation 1137 Originator: Unison World, Inc. (Print Master) \n \nNotes: A collection of black & white images used by Print \n Shop (.SDR) or Print Master (.NAM). \n \nView Software: Print Shop (for DOS), Print Master (for DOS;Purchase) \nEdit Software: Print Shop (for DOS), Print Master (for DOS;Purchase) 1138 Originator: Borland \n \nEdit Software: Reflex (Purchase) 1139 Originator: Borland \n \nNotes: A template to use when printing records from a \n Reflex database. \n \nEdit Software: Reflex (Purchase) 1140 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: This is a file that contains one reference for an \n HTTP, FTP, etc. Internet site. When executed, \n Windows opens the Internet Explorer and goes to \n the site. \n \nView Software: MS Internet Explorer (double click on it from in \n MS Windows) \nEdit Software: NOTEPAD.EXE (included with MS Windows) 1141 \nNotes: A file that uses a variation of the Amiga \n SoundTracker format. This sound format contains \n digital sound samples for each instrument, combined \n with music data that modifies each instrument sample \n to achieve the desired sound. \n \nView Software: Mod 4 Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mod4win.com/ 1142 \nNotes: An image file of a floppy disk. \n \nEdit Software: TeleDisk (Shareware and for Purchase) 1143 \nNotes: A spreadsheet format used to transfer data from one \n program to another. \n \nEdit Software: Microsoft Excel (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 200-208. 1144 \nView Software: SuperKey (Purchase) \nEdit Software: SuperKey (Purchase) 1145 Originator: Borland \n \nNotes: A driver for a specific video card. 1146 Originator: Aldus \n \nNotes: A widely used image format that can store 1 to 24 \n bit color. It can use RLE, LZW, CCITT Group 3 or \n Group 4, JPEG or no compression. There is an Intel \n version that uses Low-High number values, and a \n Motorola version that uses High-Low values. Files \n converted from a Macintosh will use the Motorola \n version and may have an additional 128 byte header. \n \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n \nReference(s): Hogan, Thom., "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook, Second \n Edition", Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991, p. 6-16. \n Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 663-688. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 703-754. 1148 Originator: Rob Zirnstein Jr. (1996) \n \nView Software: File Investigator Properties for DOS (on the Formats tab) 1149 Originator: Rob Zirnstein Jr. (1996) 1150 Originator: Rob Zirnstein Jr. (1996) \n \nView Software: File Investigator Properties for DOS (press ENTER \n on a format description on the Formats tab) 1151 \nNotes: A program that contains a virus. \n \nConvert Software: McAfee Virus Scan 1152 Originator: Xerox \n \nEdit Software: Ventura Publisher (Purchase) 1153 Originator: System Soft \n \nNotes: This is a collection of settings for one or more \n PCMCIA card devices. 1154 Originator: Microsoft Corporation or Stirling Software \n \nNotes: This is a script compiled for SETUP.EXE to run. It \n provides MS Windows with the details needed to \n install a specific program. \n \nEdit Software: InstallShield (Purchase) 1155 Originator: Borland 1156 Originator: Covox \n \nNotes: A sound file using the file format that was created \n for the Voice Master, Sound Master and Speach Thing \n sound equipment and software. This format can use \n PCM (Pulse Code Modulation), ADPCM (Adaptive \n Differential PCM) and silence encoding. \n .V8 is the file extension for 8 bit PCM sound. \n .V3S is the file extension for 3:1 packed PCM sound. \n \nEdit Software: Voice Master Key (Purchase) 1157 Originator: WordPerfect Corporation \n \nNotes: A document created by a WordPerfect word processor. \n The DOS version was once the most popular word \n processor in the IBM PC Compatible market. \n \nEdit Software: WordPerfect word processor (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 405-506. 1158 Originator: WordPerfect Corporation \n \nNotes: A macro created by a WordPerfect product. \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 405-506. 1160 Originator: WordPerfect Corporation \n \nNotes: A graphic image for use with a WordPerfect product. \n It uses 8 bit color and stores the image as an RLE \n (Run-Length Encoding) compressed bitmap or a vector \n image. \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Windows;Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n DrawPerfect (for DOS;for Purchase) \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 560-572. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 405-506. 1161 \nNotes: A document format native to the Professional Write \n word processor. \n \nEdit Software: Professional Write (Purchase) 1163 Originator: WordPerfect Corporation \n \nNotes: A file used with a WordPerfect product. \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 405-506. 1164 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A slide presentation format that uses Microsoft's \n Binary Interchange File Format (BIFF). It is native \n to MS PowerPoint. \n \nView Software: Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer (Shareware) \n http://www.microsoft.com/powerpoint/internet/viewer/ \nEdit Software: Microsoft PowerPoint (Purchase) 1165 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A calendar created by the MS Windows Calendar \n program. \n \nEdit Software: Calendar (included with MS Windows 3.x) \n \nReference(s): Hogan, Thom., "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook, Second \n Edition", Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991, p. 6-20. \n Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 444-450. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1057-1084. 1166 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A sound file that uses the RIFF (Resource \n Interchange File Format) to store sound. It can \n store 8 or 16 bit sound with multiple channels in \n PCM (Pulse Code Modulation), ADPCM (Adaptive \n Differential PCM), A-Law or Mu-Law compression. \n \nView Software: MS Media Player (Included with MS Windows 3.x & 95) \nEdit Software: MS Recorder (Included with MS Windows 3.x & 95) \nConvert Software: Cool Edit Pro (Demo and for Purchase) \n http://www.syntrillium.com/prospec.htm \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1147-1149. \n Stolz, Axel., "The Sound Blaster Book", Abacus, Grand \n Rapids, MI, 1992, p. 209-217. 1167 Originator: Digital Vision, Inc. \n \nNotes: An animation file created by a ComputerEyes video \n capture board. The file format is similar to the \n IBM Linkway format, which uses the file extension \n .M??. \n \nView Software: Play program (comes with the ComputerEyes/RT board) \nEdit Software: ComputerEyes (comes with the ComputerEyes/RT board) \nConvert Software: ComputerEyes (can save as an AutoDesk Animator file) 1168 Originator: Artisoft \n \nNotes: A sound file that came with the Wired for Sound \n product by Artisoft. Sound is stored with PCM \n (Pulse Code Mudulation). This product attached \n sounds to various MS Windows events. \n \nEdit Software: Wired for Sound (Purchase) 1169 Originator: Adobe \n \nEdit Software: Adobe Acrobat (Purchase) 1171 Originator: Adobe \n \nNotes: A document written in a PDL (Printer Description \n Language), but a form that is easily exchanged \n between applications. \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 256-266. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1218-1242. 1172 Originator: Apple Computer Inc. \n \nNotes: An image that was created on a Macintosh. Version 1 \n of the format can only store small black & white \n images. Version 2 also supports 8 bit color. \n \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 911-923. \n Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 407-410. 1173 \nNotes: An image saved using the ISO DIS 10918-1 JPEG (Joint \n Photographic Experts Group) compression standard. \n This is lossy compression. The file format can \n store up to 24 bit color. \n \nView Software: Netscape Navigator (Shareware & Purchase) \n http://home.netscape.com/comprod/mirror \n Microsoft Internet Explorer (Shareware) \n http://www.microsoft.com/ie/default.asp \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm 1174 Originator: RIX SoftWorks \n \nNotes: An image format used by programs that used to be \n included with video cards. It uses an undocumented \n image compression. \n \nEdit Software: ColoRIX VGA Paint (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 586-589. 1175 Originator: Alpha Microsystems 1176 Originator: Silicon Graphics (Paul Haeberli) \n \nNotes: An image format native to Silicon Graphics machines, \n that stores black & white, grayscale or color \n images with RLE (Run-Length Encoding). \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 600-604. 1179 Originator: X Consortium \n \nNotes: A cursor or icon image native to the X Windows \n environment. It is black & white and is stored as C \n Language program code. \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \nEdit Software: BRL-CAD (X Windows) \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 758-761. 1180 Originator: U.S. Department of Defense \n \nNotes: An image format standard created by the Computer \n Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (CALS) \n office. It is used for all federal government \n technical publications, many other government \n agencies, medical, telecommunications, airline, \n book publishing and aerospace industries. \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 223-231. 1182 Originator: Stephen Coy \n \nNotes: A scene description format that is common on the \n Internet. \n \nEdit Software: Vivid ray tracer (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 724-726. 1183 \nNotes: A file that contains one or more fax pages. Each \n page is stored using the standard Microsoft PCX \n format. 1185 Originator: C-Cube Microsystems \n \nNotes: An image saved using the ISO DIS 10918-1 JPEG (Joint \n Photographic Experts Group) compression standard. \n This is lossy compression. The file format can \n store up to 24 bit color. \n \nView Software: Netscape Navigator (Shareware & Purchase) \n http://home.netscape.com/comprod/mirror \n Microsoft Internet Explorer (Shareware) \n http://www.microsoft.com/ie/default.asp \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 377-383. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 895-905. 1186 Originator: Jef Poskanzer \n \nNotes: An image format used by Portable Bitmap Utilities \n (PBM), Portable Greymap Utilities (PGM) or Portable \n Pixmap Utilities (PPM) when converting between other \n bitmap file formats. It uses ASCII or binary to \n store up to 24 bit color. \n \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n Portable Bitmap Utilities \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 498-502. 1187 Originator: Jef Poskanzer \n \nNotes: An image format used by Portable Bitmap Utilities \n (PBM), Portable Greymap Utilities (PGM) or Portable \n Pixmap Utilities (PPM) when converting between other \n bitmap file formats. It uses ASCII or binary to \n store up to 24 bit color. \n \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n Portable Bitmap Utilities \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 498-502. 1188 Originator: Jef Poskanzer \n \nNotes: An image format used by Portable Bitmap Utilities \n (PBM), Portable Greymap Utilities (PGM) or Portable \n Pixmap Utilities (PPM) when converting between other \n bitmap file formats. It uses ASCII or binary to \n store up to 24 bit color. \n \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n Portable Bitmap Utilities \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 498-502. 1189 Originator: Creative Labs \n \nNotes: A file that contains information for a Sound Blaster \n FM musical instrument. The information is in the \n same format as each instrument in a CMF (Creative \n Music File). Creative Labs created the SBI format \n to correct a problem with CMF files. If the SBI \n instrument is loaded first, then it will override \n new (possibly less optimized sound quality) \n instrument data from the CMF file. \n \nReference(s): Stolz, Axel., "The Sound Blaster Book", Abacus, Grand \n Rapids, MI, 1992, p. 245-248. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1121-1124. 1190 \nNotes: A file containing the details about a specific image \n file. 1192 \nNotes: A file that specifies what colors to use for a \n specific HSI Raw image. 1193 Originator: Hewlett Packard \n \nNotes: A Printer Communication Language (PCL) used by HP \n printers since the LaserJet II, and emulated by many \n other printers. \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1198-1217. 1195 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A format that contains multiple spreedsheets and \n uses Microsoft's Binary Interchange File Format \n (BIFF). It is native to MS Excel. \n \nView Software: Microsoft Excel Viewer (Shareware) \n http://www.microsoft.com/excel/internet/viewer/ \nEdit Software: Microsoft Excel (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 252-353. 1196 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A copy of an MS Windows clipboard saved to a file. \n This file can contain any data that can be stored \n on the MS Windows clipboard, to be pasted to \n another application. \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1103-1104. 1197 Originator: Creative Labs \n \nNotes: A file that contains information for up to 128 Sound \n Blaster FM musical instruments. The information is \n in the same format as used in a CMF (Creative Music \n File). An IBK file is a collection of SBI (Sound \n Blaster Instrument) files. Creative Labs created \n the SBI format to correct a problem with CMF files. \n If the SBI instrument is loaded first, then it will \n override new (possibly less optimized sound quality) \n instrument data from the CMF file. \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1125. 1198 Originator: Electronic Arts \n \nNotes: A file that uses the Interchange File Format (IFF) \n to store Midi Sequencer Music. This music is \n electronic keyboard music data known as the Standard \n MIDI Format. \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 658-683. 1199 Originator: Electronic Arts \n \nNotes: A file that uses the Interchange File Format (IFF) \n to store Midi Sequencer Music. This music is \n electronic keyboard music data known as the Standard \n MIDI Format. \n \nEdit Software: TextCraft (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 658-683. 1200 \nEdit Software: Harvard Graphics (Purchase) 1202 \nNotes: This is short sequence of digitized sound used to \n mimic an instrument or sound effect when uploaded \n into a sound card's wave table. This wave table is \n used for MIDI types of music, that translates \n musical notes into sound. 1203 Originator: Novell \n \nNotes: A program designed to run on a Novell NetWare \n server. .NLM is for NetWare 384 (3.x & 4.x). .LAN \n is for NetWare 286. 1204 Originator: Microsoft Corporation or Stirling Software \n \nNotes: This is a list of files, directories, registry \n entries (keys), etc. that were created when a \n specific program was installed. This list is \n used, when the program in uninstalled, to remove \n everything that was installed. \n \nEdit Software: InstallShield (Purchase) 1205 \nEdit Software: ACT! 2.0 1206 Originator: Sun Microsystems \n \nNotes: An image format native to the Sun UNIX platforms. \n It uses RLE (Run-Length Encoding) to store 1, 8, 24 \n or 32 bit color. \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n ImageMagick, Portable BitMap Utilities \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 625-629. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 880-884. 1207 Originator: WordPerfect Corporation \n \nEdit Software: WordPerfect Office for Windows (Purchase) 1208 \nEdit Software: ACT! 2.0 1209 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A help system for MS DOS. \n \nView Software: Type '>HELP (command)' at the command prompt 1210 Originator: University of Utah (Spencer Thomas) (1983) \n \nNotes: An image format created for use with the Utah Raster \n Toolkit. It uses RLE (Run-Length Encoding) to store \n 8 bit color. \n \nEdit Software: Utah Raster Toolkit (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 698-701. 1212 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A file format that uses chunks to store many \n different file formats in a single file. \n Microsoft uses this format to store Animated \n Cursors, Audio/Video Interleave Animation and \n Wave Sound files. 1213 Originator: Adobe 1214 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A driver program that is designed to be loaded from \n the CONFIG.SYS file at bootup time in MS/PC DOS. 1215 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A document format that is very similar to the \n MS Word for DOS format. It is native to MS Write \n which comes included with MS Windows 3.x. \n \nEdit Software: MS WordPad (included with MS Windows 95/98 & NT 4.0) \n MS Write (included with MS Windows 3.x) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1085-1096. 1216 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nConvert Software: MS Word for Windows (Purchase) 1217 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A document format that is very similar to the \n MS Write format. It is native to MS Word for DOS \n versions 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0. \n \nView Software: Microsoft Word Viewer (Shareware) \n http://www.microsoft.com/word/internet/viewer/ \nEdit Software: Microsoft Word for Windows (Purchase) \n Microsoft Word for DOS (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 356-379. 1218 Originator: X Consortium \n \nNotes: An image format used to store screen dumps from the \n X Window System. It stores 1 to 32 bit color. \n \nEdit Software: xwd command \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 768-773. 1219 Originator: Disney \n \nNotes: An animation file that uses a file format \n proprietary to Disney's Animation Studio. \n \nEdit Software: Animation Studio (Purchase) 1220 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A file that specifies what colors to use for a \n specific Microsoft Draw image. \n \nView Software: MS Draw (Purchase) \nEdit Software: MS Draw (Purchase) 1221 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html 1222 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A program that captures an MS Windows screen to the \n clipboard. 1223 Originator: Epson \n \nNotes: A file that was created by saving a print job to a \n file rather than to the printer. This is usually \n done to analyze a print driver's output for errors. \n Most dot matrix, ink jet and PCL compatible printers \n use a set of printer commands that start with an \n escape character. This character (27 decimal or \n 1BH) helps to indicate where each command starts. \n \nReference(s): Hogan, Thom., "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook, Second \n Edition", Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991, \n p. 7-76 to 7-83. 1224 Originator: AdLib \n \nNotes: A file that contains information for multiple AdLib \n FM musical instruments. AdLib created this format \n to store instruments outside of the ROL files. \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1138-1139. 1225 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A format that stores graphic and text data used in \n an MS Windows program. It gets compiled and linked \n into the program, along with the source code files. 1226 Originator: Borland \n \nNotes: A group of functions that were compiled together to \n later be compiled into a DOS program. \n \nConvert Software: Turbo Pascal (Purchase) 1227 Originator: Sierra On-Line, Inc. \n \nNotes: A Lode Runner game level. \n \nView Software: Lode Runner for Windows (Purchase) \nEdit Software: Lode Runner for Windows (Purchase) 1228 Originator: Electronic Arts \n \nNotes: A file that uses the Interchange File Format (IFF) \n to store Midi Sequencer Music. This music is \n electronic keyboard music data known as the Standard \n MIDI Format. \n \nEdit Software: ProWrite (Purchase:Horizon Software) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 658-683. 1229 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A document format that is very similar to the \n MS Write and MS Word for DOS formats. It is native \n to MS Word for Windows versions 1.0, 2.0 and 6.0 and \n uses Microsoft's Binary Interchange File Format \n (BIFF). \n .DOC is a standard document. \n .DOT is a template file. \n .WIZ and .WZS are wizard files. \n \nView Software: Microsoft Word Viewer (Shareware) \n http://www.microsoft.com/word/internet/viewer/ \nEdit Software: MS Word for Windows, MS WordPad (included in Win95) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 379-380. 1230 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: An imaged stored with a widely used image format \n native to MS Windows. The format is used for \n sharing images between applications and video \n drivers. It can support up to 24 bit color in \n bitmap or vector form. Placeable means that there \n is an extra header added to the file, then must be \n stripped off by an application, before the file can \n be used. \n \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n \nReference(s): Hogan, Thom., "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook, Second \n Edition", Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991, p. 6-20. \n Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 444-450. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1057-1084. 1231 \nNotes: A file that uses a variation of the Amiga \n SoundTracker format. The AMF format was created by \n the author of the Dual Module Player program. That \n program is one of the many that plays MOD files and \n variations of the MOD format. This sound format \n contains digital sound samples for each instrument, \n combined with music data that modifies each \n instrument sample to achieve the desired sound. \n \nView Software: Dual Module Player (Shareware) 1232 \nNotes: A portion of a larger file that was chopped into \n smaller files. \n \nEdit Software: Autochop (Shareware) 1233 Originator: Electronic Arts \n \nNotes: A file format that uses chunks to store many \n different file formats in a single file. 1234 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: An animation file that uses the RIFF (Resource \n Interchange File Format) to store sequences of still \n images with sound. It uses 24 bit color and Run- \n -Length Encoding, Audio, Video or no compression. \n \nView Software: Microsoft Video for Windows (Runtime version) \n AVI Viewer (plugin;shareware) \n http://www.iqsoft.com/plugin/avi.htm \nEdit Software: Microsoft Video for Windows (Included with Win95) \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 416 - 425. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 969 - 980. 1235 \nNotes: A file that uses a variation of the Amiga \n SoundTracker format. Often games will use this \n format. This sound format contains digital sound \n samples for each instrument, combined with music \n data that modifies each instrument sample to achieve \n the desired sound. \n \nView Software: Mod 4 Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mod4win.com/ 1236 Originator: Apple Computer Inc. \n \nNotes: An animation file that is stored in the QuickTime \n Movie Resource Format, which is widely used in \n the Macintosh market. It can store up to 64Kx64K in \n 24 bit color. RLE, JPEG and four other proprietary \n compression algorithms can be used. \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n Quick Time Run time version (Shareware) \nEdit Software: Quick Time (for Macintosh;Purchase) \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 560-572. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 990-996. 1237 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A file that contains settings to use when accessing \n the Microsoft Network (MSN). \n \nEdit Software: (right click in Windows 95/98) 1238 Originator: Interplay Productions \n \nNotes: A sound file from an Interplay game. 1239 Originator: IBM \n \nNotes: A file designed to provide assistance for a certain \n IBM OS/2 program. 1240 Originator: Roland and Sequential Circuit (1984) \n \nNotes: A file that contains music data for electronic \n instruments. Otherwise known as the Standard MIDI \n Format (SMF). MIDI is an acronym for "Musical \n Instrument Digital Interface". \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1150-1170. \n Stolz, Axel., "The Sound Blaster Book", Abacus, Grand \n Rapids, MI, 1992, p. 91-130, 313-321. 1241 Originator: Corel \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n Corel Draw (Purchase) \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html 1242 Originator: Lucas Arts \n \nNotes: A Dark Forces saved game. It contains a snap shot \n in time, of where a player was at in the game. It \n can be restored at a later time, and the game will \n continue from that point. 1243 Originator: Drafix \n \nEdit Software: Drafix Windows CAD (Purchase) 1244 \nNotes: A 3D virtual world. 1245 \nNotes: A file that uses a variation of the Amiga \n SoundTracker format. This sound format contains \n digital sound samples for each instrument, combined \n with music data that modifies each instrument sample \n to achieve the desired sound. \n \nView Software: Mod 4 Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mod4win.com/ 1246 Originator: Motion Pixture Expert Group \n \nNotes: An animation file that uses the specification \n created by the Motion Pixture Expert Group (MPEG). \n Since there is no standard file format for MPEG \n data, this file is an example of one company's \n proprietary format. The animation can be up to \n 24 bit color at 4095x4095 and 30 frames per second. \n Lossy compression is used. \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n Xing Technologies MPEG player (Shareware) \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 456-464. 1247 Originator: Motion Pixture Expert Group \n \nNotes: An animation file that uses the specification \n created by the Motion Pixture Expert Group (MPEG). \n Since there is no standard file format for MPEG \n data, this file is an example of one company's \n proprietary format. The animation can be up to \n 24 bit color at 4095x4095 and 30 frames per second. \n Lossy compression is used. \n \nView Software: Xing MPEG Player (Shareware and for Purchase) \n http://www.xingtech.com/products/ \nEdit Software: Xing MPEG Encoder (Shareware and for Purchase) \n http://www.xingtech.com/products/ \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 456-464. 1248 Originator: QuarterDeck \n \nNotes: A file that specifies the programs located in an \n DESQview group. \n \nEdit Software: DESQview (Purchase) 1249 Originator: Adobe \n \nView Software: DESQview (Purchase) 1250 Originator: Asymetrix \n \nEdit Software: Toolbook (MS Windows) 1251 Originator: Novell \n \nNotes: A document format native to the Envoy word \n processor. \n \nEdit Software: Envoy (Purchase) \n \nView Software: Envoy Viewer for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.novell.com/corp/freesoft/envoy/mkendnld.htm 1252 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: An image used for the MS Windows title screen while \n it is loading. \n \nView Software: MS Windows 3.x (Purchase) 1253 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A program that converts a program's text and \n graphical data into data that a specific printer \n can recognize. 1254 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A set of sound card mixer settings stored using the \n RIFF (Resource Interchange File Format) standard. \n \nEdit Software: Mixer program (included with MS Windows) 1255 \nEdit Software: RenderWare (Purchase) 1256 \nNotes: A binary image of a ROM chip that can be written to \n an EPROM (Erasable Programable Read Only Memory) or \n EEPROM (Electronic EPROM). 1257 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: These are settings saved from a past search with the \n Microsoft Find program. To use the file, double \n click on the file from the Desktop or MS Explorer. \n \nView Software: MS Find (included with Windows 95/98) \nEdit Software: MS Find (included with Windows 95/98) 1258 Originator: Adobe \n \nNotes: A document saved with the Adobe Portable Document \n Format (PDF). \n \nView Software: Adobe Reader for Windows (for Windows;Shareware) \n http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html \n Adobe Reader for DOS (for DOS;Shareware) \n http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html \nEdit Software: Adobe Acrobat (Purchase) 1259 \nNotes: A file translated into 7 bit text so that it can be \n easily copied over any computer link. \n \nEdit Software: WinZip (Shareware and for Purchase) \n http://www.winzip.com/ 1260 Originator: Microsoft Corporation/IBM 1261 \nNotes: A file translated into 7 bit text so that it can be \n easily copied over any computer link. \n \nView Software: Sea (Shareware and for Purchase) \nEdit Software: Sea (Shareware and for Purchase) 1262 \nEdit Software: StuffIt, StuffIt Lite (Shareware and for Purchase) 1263 Originator: Aaron Wallace of Stanford, CA \n \nNotes: A sound file using a file format that was created \n for use with the Sounder and SoundTool programs. \n It uses 8 bit PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) at 5500, \n 7330, 11000 or 22000 sampling rates. \n \nEdit Software: Sounder, SoundTool (Shareware) 1264 Originator: Audio Visual Research \n \nNotes: A sound file containing 8 or 16 bit sound. 1265 \nNotes: A sound file using a file format that is native to \n Sun OS and NeXT OS UNIX environments. \n \nView Software: Cool Edit Pro (Demo and for Purchase) \n http://www.syntrillium.com/prospec.htm \nConvert Software: Cool Edit Pro (Demo and for Purchase) \n http://www.syntrillium.com/prospec.htm \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1171-1172. 1266 Originator: DogByte Development \n \nView Software: Sticker Store (for MS Windows;Purchase) \nEdit Software: Sticker Store (for MS Windows;Purchase) 1267 Originator: IBM (circa 1980) \n \nNotes: A database format native to the IBM Filing \n Assistant, which is one of the first database \n programs available for the original IBM PC. \n \nEdit Software: IBM Filing Assistant (Purchase) 1268 Originator: IBM (circa 1980) \n \nNotes: A document format native to the IBM Writing \n Assistant, which is one of the first word processor \n programs available for the original IBM PC. \n \nEdit Software: IBM Writing Assistant (Purchase) 1269 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A document format used to transfer text and graphics \n from one application to another. \n \nEdit Software: MS Word (Purchase) \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 507-556. 1270 Originator: NetFRAME \n \nNotes: An animation file that uses the specification \n created by the Motion Pixture Expert Group (MPEG). \n Since there is no standard file format for MPEG \n data, this file is an example of one company's \n proprietary format. The animation can be up to \n 24 bit color at 4095x4095 and 30 frames per second. \n Lossy compression is used. \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 456-464. 1271 Originator: Adobe \n \nEdit Software: Adobe Acrobat (Purchase) 1272 Originator: Norton/Symantec \n \nView Software: Norton Commander, Norton Change Directory (Purchase) \nEdit Software: Norton Commander, Norton Change Directory (Purchase) 1273 Originator: Jef Poskanzer \n \nNotes: An image format used by Portable Bitmap Utilities \n (PBM), Portable Greymap Utilities (PGM) or Portable \n Pixmap Utilities (PPM) when converting between other \n bitmap file formats. It uses ASCII or binary to \n store up to 24 bit color. \n \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n Portable Bitmap Utilities \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 498-502. 1274 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A file that uses Microsoft's Binary Interchange File \n Format (BIFF). 1275 Originator: Jef Poskanzer \n \nNotes: An image format used by Portable Bitmap Utilities \n (PBM), Portable Greymap Utilities (PGM) or Portable \n Pixmap Utilities (PPM) when converting between other \n bitmap file formats. It uses ASCII or binary to \n store up to 24 bit color. \n \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n Portable Bitmap Utilities \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 498-502. 1276 Originator: Aaron Wallace of Stanford, CA \n \nNotes: A sound file using a file format that was created \n for use with the Sounder and SoundTool programs. \n It uses 8 bit PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) at 5500, \n 7330, 11000 or 22000 sampling rates. \n \nEdit Software: Sounder, SoundTool (Shareware) 1277 Originator: Canon Incorporated \n \nNotes: A file that was created by saving a print job to a \n file rather than to the printer. This is usually \n done to analyze a print driver's output for errors. \n Canon BubbleJet printers use a set of printer \n commands that start with an escape character. This \n character (27 decimal or 1BH) helps to indicate \n where each command starts. 1278 Originator: Adobe 1279 Originator: Lotus \n \nView Software: CC:Mail (Purchase) \nEdit Software: CC:Mail (Purchase) 1280 Originator: Lotus \n \nView Software: CC:Mail for Windows (Purchase) \nEdit Software: CC:Mail for Windows (Purchase) 1281 Originator: Jef Poskanzer \n \nNotes: An image format used by Portable Bitmap Utilities \n (PBM), Portable Greymap Utilities (PGM) or Portable \n Pixmap Utilities (PPM) when converting between other \n bitmap file formats. It uses ASCII or binary to \n store up to 24 bit color. \n \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n Portable Bitmap Utilities \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 498-502. 1282 Originator: Id Software \n \nNotes: Game levels, sounds, artwork, etc. that come with a \n game that uses the Id game engine. \n \nView Software: Doom (Purchase) 1283 Originator: PK Ware \n \nNotes: The most popular archive/compression format in the \n IBM PC Compatible market. This file includes an \n unextracting program in the header. \n \nView Software: PK Zip (Shareware) \nEdit Software: PK Zip (Shareware) 1284 Originator: Apple Computer Inc. \n \nNotes: An image that was created on a Macintosh. It can \n only store a 576x720 black & white image with RLE \n (Run-Length Encoding). \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 400-406. 1285 Originator: Macro Media \n \nEdit Software: Macro Media Director (Purchase) 1286 Originator: Rob Zirnstein Jr. (1997) \n \nView Software: FITEXT (included with File Investigator for DOS) 1287 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A variation on a widely used image format. It can \n use 1, 4, 8 or 24 bit color, and uses either \n Run-Length Encoding or no compression. While this \n format is very similar to the Microsoft BMP format, \n there are differences that make the version 1.0 \n format incompatible with the MS BMP. Version 2.0 \n of the format is compatible to version 3.0 of the \n MS BMP format. \n \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 482-491. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 1046-1054. 1288 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A program that was compiled to run in MS Windows. \n Its predecessor was MS DOS Programs. There are \n 16 bit versions for use with MS Windows 3.x and \n 32 bit versions for use with MS Windows 95/98, NT, and \n sometimes Windows 3.x (upgraded with Win32s). \n MS Windows 95/98 and NT can run both versions. \n \nReference(s): Hogan, Thom., "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook, Second \n Edition", Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991, p. 6-15. 1289 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A program that was compiled to run in MS Windows. \n Its predecessor was MS DOS Programs. There are \n 16 bit versions for use with MS Windows 3.x and \n 32 bit versions for use with MS Windows 95/98, NT, and \n sometimes Windows 3.x (upgraded with Win32s). \n MS Windows 95/98 and NT can run both versions. \n \nReference(s): Hogan, Thom., "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook, Second \n Edition", Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991, p. 6-15. 1290 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A program that was compiled to run in MS Windows. \n Its predecessor was MS DOS Programs. \n \nReference(s): Hogan, Thom., "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook, Second \n Edition", Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991, p. 6-15. 1291 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A group of functions that were compiled together for \n MS Windows programs to use. This is a 16 bit \n version, for use with MS Windows 3.x. \n MS Windows 95/98 and NT can also use this version. \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n \nReference(s): Hogan, Thom., "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook, Second \n Edition", Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991, p. 6-15. 1292 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A program that was compiled to run in MS Windows. \n Its predecessor was MS DOS Programs. \n \nReference(s): Hogan, Thom., "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook, Second \n Edition", Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991, p. 6-15. 1293 Originator: Apple Computer Inc. \n \nNotes: An image that was created on a Macintosh. Version 1 \n of the format can only store small black & white \n images. Version 2 also supports 8 bit color. \n \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 911-923. \n Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 407-410. 1294 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: An animation program that plays when the computer \n has not been used for a specified period of time. \n \nView Software: MS Windows 3.x (Purchase) 1295 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A sound conversion program that is used to play a \n digital sound using a specific compression method. 1296 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A program used by MS Windows to configure a specific \n device. \n \nView Software: MS Windows Control Panel 1297 Originator: Microsoft Corporation 1298 Originator: Aldus \n \nNotes: A widely used image format that can store 1 to 24 \n bit color. It can use RLE, LZW, CCITT Group 3 or \n Group 4, JPEG or no compression. There is an Intel \n version that uses Low-High number values, and a \n Motorola version that uses High-Low values. Files \n converted from a Macintosh will use the Motorola \n version and may have an additional 128 byte header. \n \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n \nReference(s): Hogan, Thom., "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook, Second \n Edition", Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991, p. 6-16. \n Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 663-688. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 703-754. 1299 Originator: Tran (AKA: Renaissance) (1992) \n \nNotes: A file that uses a variation of the Amiga \n SoundTracker format. The author of the Composer 669 \n software claims that this is the first file format \n that can play 8 sound channels simultaneously. This \n sound format contains digital sound samples for each \n instrument, combined with music data that modifies \n each instrument sample to achieve the desired sound. \n \nView Software: Mod 4 Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mod4win.com/ \nEdit Software: Composer 669 (Shareware) 1301 Originator: Adobe (1985) \n \nNotes: A document written in a PDL (Printer Description \n Language). 1302 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A cursor used in MS Windows. Version 1 is used with \n MS Windows 3.x and is capable of storing 1, 3 or 4 \n bit color. Version 2 is used with MS Windows 95/98/NT \n and is capable of storing 1 to 8 bit color. \n \nView Software: MS Windows (you see it when a program uses it) \n \nReference(s): Hogan, Thom., "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook, Second \n Edition", Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991, p. 6-25. 1303 Originator: Borland \n \nNotes: A file that stores all of the settings and source \n file references related to a specific program. \n \nEdit Software: Turbo C (Purchase) 1304 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A file that stores the password for a specific \n program. 1305 Originator: Lotus \n \nNotes: Email messages compressed into one file. \n \nView Software: CC:Mail (Purchase) \nEdit Software: CC:Mail (Purchase) 1306 Originator: Software Toolworks 1307 Originator: The Software Toolworks \n \nNotes: An 8 bit PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) sound file from \n a Software Toolworks game. 1308 Originator: Microsoft Corporation (1995) \n \nNotes: An animation file that uses the RIFF (Resource \n Interchange File Format) to store sequences of still \n images. This file is used as a MS Windows 95/98/NT \n cursor. 1309 Originator: Novell \n \nNotes: A Novell NetWare driver file that has not been \n installed yet. 1310 \nNotes: A list of Internet Web sites. \n \nEdit Software: Mosaic Web Browser (Shareware) 1311 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A file that uses the Resource Interchange File \n Format (RIFF) to store Midi Sequencer Music. This \n music is electronic keyboard music data known as the \n Standard MIDI Format. \n \nView Software: MS Media Player (Included with MS Windows 3.x & 95) 1312 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: The phone number and modem settings that MS \n HyperTerminal will use to contact a specific \n computer by modem. \n \nView Software: MS HyperTerminal (included with MS Windows 95/98) 1313 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A file that holds settings for a specific program. \n This is the successor to Microsofts older .INI file \n format. \n \nEdit Software: REGEDIT (included with MS Windows 95/98/NT) 1314 Originator: Microsoft Corporation (1995) \n \nNotes: A file that contains settings to use when running a \n specific program. It's predecessor was the Program \n Information Format (.PIF) used in Windows 3.x. \n \nEdit Software: (right click in Windows 95/98) 1315 \nNotes: A document using a universal file format that is \n widely used with Web browsers on the Internet. \n \nView Software: Netscape Navigator (Shareware & Purchase) \n http://home.netscape.com/comprod/mirror \n Microsoft Internet Explorer (Shareware) \n http://www.microsoft.com/ie/default.asp \n NCSA Mosaic (Shareware) \n http://panoptic.csustan.edu/mos.htm \nEdit Software: Hot Metal Pro (Shareware & Purchase) 1316 \nNotes: A file of size zero. There is a name to the file, \n but no content. 1317 \nNotes: A file that uses a variation of the Amiga \n SoundTracker format. This sound format contains \n digital sound samples for each instrument, combined \n with music data that modifies each instrument sample \n to achieve the desired sound. 1318 \nNotes: A file that uses a variation of the Amiga \n SoundTracker format. This sound format contains \n digital sound samples for each instrument, combined \n with music data that modifies each instrument sample \n to achieve the desired sound. 1319 \nNotes: A fax image that consists of multiple PCX \n (PC Paintbrush) images grouped into one file. \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html 1320 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A file that specifies what colors to use for a \n specific MS Windows 95/98 Theme wallpaper. 1321 Originator: Aldus \n \nNotes: A widely used image format that can store 1 to 24 \n bit color. It can use RLE, LZW, CCITT Group 3 or \n Group 4, JPEG or no compression. There is an Intel \n version that uses Low-High number values, and a \n Motorola version that uses High-Low values. Files \n converted from a Macintosh will use the Motorola \n version and may have an additional 128 byte header. \n \nEdit Software: Paint Shop Pro (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/psp.htm \n \nReference(s): Hogan, Thom., "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook, Second \n Edition", Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991, p. 6-16. \n Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 663-688. \n Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 703-754. 1322 Originator: Id Software \n \nNotes: Game levels, sounds, artwork, etc. that come with a \n game that uses the Id game engine. \n \nView Software: Doom (Purchase) 1323 Originator: Electronic Arts \n \nNotes: A sound file that uses the IFF (Interchange File \n Format) to store sound. \n \nView Software: Cool Edit Pro (Demo and for Purchase) \n http://www.syntrillium.com/prospec.htm \nConvert Software: Cool Edit Pro (Demo and for Purchase) \n http://www.syntrillium.com/prospec.htm \n \nReference(s): Born, Gunter., "The File Formats Handbook", International \n Thomson Computer Press, Boston, MA, 1995, p. 658-683. 1324 \nNotes: An animation file that uses the RIFF (Resource \n Interchange File Format) to store sequences of still \n images with sound. 1325 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A group of functions that were compiled together for \n MS Windows programs to use. This is a 32 bit \n version, for use with MS Windows 95/98, NT, and \n sometimes Windows 3.x (upgraded with Win32s). \n \nView Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \nConvert Software: Graphic Workshop for Windows (Shareware) \n http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gww.html \n \nReference(s): Hogan, Thom., "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook, Second \n Edition", Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1991, p. 6-15. 1326 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A group of data files combined from one or more \n Microsoft applications, using Microsoft's Binary \n Interchange File Format (BIFF). \n .OBT is a Template \n .OBZ is a Wizard 1327 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nEdit Software: Microsoft Access (Purchase) 1328 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A collection of images to be used as clipart. \n \nEdit Software: Microsoft Word for Windows (Purchase) 1329 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A collection of images to be used as clipart. \n \nEdit Software: Microsoft Word for Windows (Purchase) 1330 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: .MDB is a Database \n .MDT is a Template \n \nEdit Software: Microsoft Access (Purchase) 1331 Originator: OrCAD \n \nNotes: .DSN is a Design \n .DBK is a Design backup \n .OLB is a Library \n .OBK is a Library backup \n \nEdit Software: OrCAD Express (Purchase) \n OrCAD Layout (Purchase) \n OrCAD Capture (Purchase) \n OrCAD Enterprise Edition (Purchase) \n http://www.orcad.com 1332 Originator: OrCAD \n \nEdit Software: OrCAD Express (Purchase) \n OrCAD Layout (Purchase) \n OrCAD Capture (Purchase) \n OrCAD Enterprise Edition (Purchase) \n http://www.orcad.com 1333 Originator: OrCAD \n \nEdit Software: OrCAD Express (Purchase) \n OrCAD Layout (Purchase) \n OrCAD Capture (Purchase) \n OrCAD Enterprise Edition (Purchase) \n http://www.orcad.com 1334 Originator: InstallShield \n \nNotes: The archive format that MS Windows programs \n are compressed with when shipped with an Installer \n that was created by InstallShield software. \n \nEdit Software: InstallShield 3.x (Purchase) \n http://www.installshield.com 1335 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: An address database file used by Exchanger\n and other Microsoft Windows compatible products. \n \nEdit Software: MS Exchange \n http://www.microsoft.com 1336 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nEdit Software: MS Exchange \n http://www.microsoft.com 1337 Originator: Microsoft Corporation 1338 Originator: Microsoft Corporation 1339 Originator: Microsoft Corporation 1340 Originator: Adobe 1341 Originator: Microsoft Corporation 1342 Originator: World Wide Web Consortium \n \nNotes: A document using a universal file format that is \n widely used with Web browsers on the Internet. \n \nView Software: Netscape Navigator (Shareware & Purchase) \n http://home.netscape.com/comprod/mirror \n Microsoft Internet Explorer (Shareware) \n http://www.microsoft.com/ie/default.asp \n NCSA Mosaic (Shareware) \n http://panoptic.csustan.edu/mos.htm \nEdit Software: Hot Metal Pro (Shareware & Purchase) 1343 Originator: Sun Microsystems 1344 Originator: Netscape \n \nEdit Software: Netscape Navigator (Shareware & Purchase) \n http://home.netscape.com/comprod/mirror \nConvert Software: Microsoft Internet Explorer (Shareware) \n http://www.microsoft.com/ie/default.asp 1345 Originator: Microsoft Corporation 1346 Originator: Microsoft Corporation 1347 Originator: InstallShield \n \nNotes: The archive format that MS Windows programs \n are compressed with when shipped with an Installer \n that was created by InstallShield software. \n \nEdit Software: InstallShield 5.x (Purchase) \n http://www.installshield.com 1348 Originator: Microsoft Corporation \n \nNotes: A project tracking format that uses Microsoft's \n Binary Interchange File Format (BIFF). It is native \n to MS Project. \n \nEdit Software: Microsoft Project (Purchase) \n http://www.microsoft.com 1349 Originator: Motion Pixture Expert Group \n \nNotes: A sound file that uses the specification \n created by the Motion Pixture Expert Group (MPEG). \n Since there is no standard file format for MPEG \n data, this file is an example of one company's \n proprietary format. The sound can be up to CD \n quality with compression rates up to 12:1. \n \nView Software: WinAmp (Shareware) \n http://www.winamp.com \nConvert Software: MusicMatch Jukebox (Shareware) \n http://www.mp3.com 1350 Originator: ANSI, ISO \n \nNotes: A widely used image format that can store bitmap \n and vector graphics. It was created by a \n standards committee working under the International \n Standards Organization (ISO) and the American \n Standards National Institute (ANSI). \n Either Binary, Character-based or Clear-text \n encoding can be used. \n \nConvert Software: GRAFPAK-GKS (Shareware and for purchase) \n http://www.atc.com/gks.html \n \nReference(s): Murray, James D., vanRyper, William., "Encyclopedia of \n Graphics File Formats", O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., \n Sebastopol, CA, July 1994, p. 232-237.