Executable File Extensions

File Extension File Extension Meaning

.apk Android package le
.bat Batch le
.bin Binary le
.cgi Common Gateway Interface Script
.com MS-DOS command le
.exe Executable le
.jar Java Archive le
.py Python le
.wsf Windows Script File

Audio File Extensions

File Extension File Extension Meaning

.aif AIF/Audio Interchange audio le
.cda CD audio track le
.iff Interchange File Format
.mid or .midi MIDI audio le.
.mp3 MP3 audio le
.mpa MPEG-2 audio le
.wav WAVE le
.wma Windows Media audio le
.wpl Windows Media Player playlist

Video File Extensions

File Extension File Extension Meaning

.avi Audio Video Interleave File
. v Adobe Flash Video File
.h264 H.264 video File
.m4v Apple MP4 video File
.mkv Matroska Multimedia Container
.mov Apple QuickTime movie File
.mp4 MPEG-4 Video File
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 .mpg or .mpeg MPEG video File
.rm Real Media File
.swf Shockwave ash File
.vob DVD Video Object File
.wmv Windows Media Video File
.3g2 3GPP2 Multimedia File
.3gp 3GPP multimedia File

Text File Extensions

File Extension File Extension Meaning

.doc and .docx Microsoft Word le
.odt OpenOf ce Writer document le
.msg Outlook Mail Message
.pdf PDF le
.rtf Rich Text Format File
.tex A LaTeX document le
.txt Plain text le
Microsoft Works Word Processor
.wks and .wps
Document le
.wpd WordPerfect document

Spreadsheet File Extensions

File Extension File Extension Meaning

.ods OpenOf ce Calc spreadsheet le
.xlr Microsoft Works spreadsheet le
.xls Microsoft Excel le
Microsoft Excel Open XML spreadsheet
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 Presentation File Extensions

File Extension File Extension Meaning

.key Keynote presentation
.odp OpenOf ce Impress presentation le
.pps PowerPoint slide show
.ppt PowerPoint presentation
.pptx PowerPoint Open XML presentation

Database File Extensions

File Extension File Extension Meaning

.accdb Access 2007 Database File
.csv Comma separated value le
.dat Data le
.db or .dbf Database le
.log Log le
.mdb Microsoft Access database le
.pdb Program Database
.sav Save le (e.g. game save le)
SQL/Structured Query Language
.sql
database le
.tar Linux / Unix tarball le archive

System Related File Extensions

File Extension File Extension Meaning

.bak Backup le
.cab Windows Cabinet le
.cfg Con guration le
.cpl Windows Control panel le
.cur Windows cursor le
.dll DLL le
.dmp Dump le
.drv Device driver le
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 .icns macOS X icon resource le
.ico Icon le
.ini Initialization le
.lnk Windows shortcut le
.msi Windows installer package
.sys Windows system le
.tmp Temporary le

Web File Extensions

File Extension File Extension Meaning

.asp and .aspx Active Server Page le
.cer Internet security certi cate
.cfm ColdFusion Markup le
.cgi or .pl Perl script le
.css Cascading Style Sheet le
.htm and .html HTML/Hypertext Markup Language le
.js JavaScript le
.jsp Java Server Page le
.part Partially downloaded le
.php PHP Source Code le
.rss RSS/Rich Site Summary le
XHTML / Extensible Hypertext Markup
.xhtml
Language le

Image File Extensions

File Extension File Extension Meaning

.ai Adobe Illustrator le
.bmp Bitmap image File
.gif GIF/Graphical Interchange Format image
.ico Icon le
.jpeg or .jpg JPEG image
.max 3ds Max Scene File
.obj Wavefront 3D Object File
.png PNG / Portable Network Graphic image
.ps PostScript le
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.psd
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.svg Scalable Vector Graphics le
.tif or .tiff TIFF image
.3ds 3D Studio Scene
.3dm Rhino 3D Model
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