Computer Files & Formats

Computer Files & Formats

From the Middletown Thrall Library Reference Department Computer Files & Formats Identifying and Working with Popular Data Files Computers (and the humans using them) digitally store information (“data”) in files . Literally thousands of different kinds of computer files exist, but here’s some good news: you only really need to recognize a few of them! Files have names ( file names ) and often have file extensions , as in classnotes.txt . The .txt part is the file extension , which can help you (and your computer) identify what the file format is and what software is required to enable you to work with the file. These are popular file formats you might encounter when using computers: File Extensions Description Software Often Used with File .avi .mov Movies or animations Windows Media Player, Apple QuickTime .doc .docx Word processing documents Microsoft Word, OpenOffice (Word 2007+ for .docx ) .exe A program (software) . Warning: an .exe Microsoft Windows (operating system) file could contain a virus (online, in e-mail) .ftw .ged Family trees, genealogy information Family Tree Maker, genealogy databases .gif .jpg .png Graphics image files, photographs Web browsers, Adobe Photoshop, GIMP .htm .html .shtml Web pages (HyperText Markup Language) Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera .mp3 Sound or music file Windows Media Player, Real Player, Winamp .odt Word processing document OpenOffice .pdf Document, book (Portable Document Format) Adobe Reader .ppt .pps Presentation, slide shows Microsoft PowerPoint .pub Desktop publishing (flyers,newsletters, etc.) Microsoft Publisher .rtf Document (Rich Text Format) Microsoft WordPad, most other word processors .ttf Font (TrueType Font) Word processors, desktop publishing programs .txt Text file Microsoft Notepad, text editors, word processors .wav Sound file (Waveform Audio File Format) Windows Media Player, QuickTime .wma .wmv Windows Media files (audio / video) Windows Media Player, some MP3 players .xls .csv Spreadsheet files Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice Spreadsheet .wpd Word processing file WordPerfect, other compatible word processors .wps Word processing file Microsoft Works .zip Compressed file. Can contain one or Most operating systems, PKZIP, WinZip more files (or possibly a computer virus) .

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