3d graphics file formats

This is a list of file formats used by computers, organized by type. Filename extension it is usually noted in parentheses if they differ from the file format name or abbreviation. Many operating systems do not limit filenames to one extension shorter than 4 characters, as was common with some operating systems that supported the File Allocation Table (FAT) file system. Examples of operating systems that do not impose this limit include Unix-like systems, and Microsoft Windows NT, 95- 98, and ME which have no three character limit on extensions for 32-bit or 64-bit applications on file systems other than pre-Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.5 versions of the FAT file system. Some filenames are given extensions longer than three characters. While MS-DOS and NT always treat the suffix after the last period in a file's name as its extension, in UNIX-like systems, the final period does not necessarily mean that the text after the last period is the file's extension.

Some file formats, such as .txt or .text, may be listed multiple times.

Archive and compressed

* .?Q? – files that are compressed, often by the SQ program.
* 7z – 7z: 7-Zip compressed file
* A – An external file extension for C/C++
* AAC – Advanced Audio Coding
* ace – ace: ACE compressed file
* ALZ – ALZip compressed file
* APK – Android package: Applications installable on Android; package format of the Alpine Linux distribution
* APPX – Microsoft Application Package (.appx)
* AT3 – Sony's UMD data compression
* ARC – ARC: pre-Zip data compression
* ARC – Nintendo U8 Archive (mostly Yaz0 compressed)
* ARJ – ARJ compressed file
* ASS, SSA – ASS (also SSA): a subtitles file created by Aegisub, a video typesetting application (also a Halo game engine file)
* B – (B file) Similar to .a, but less compressed.
* BA – BA: Scifer Archive (.ba), Scifer External Archive Type
* BIN – compressed archive, can be read and used by CD-ROMs and Java, extractable by 7-zip and WINRAR
* .bkf – Microsoft backup created by NTBackup.c
* Blend – An external 3D file format used by the animation software, Blender.
* .bz2 – bzip2
* BMP – Bitmap Image – You can create one by right-clicking the home screen, next, click new, then, click Bitmap Image
* cab – A cabinet (.cab) file is a library of compressed files stored as one file. Cabinet files are used to organize installation files that are copied to the user's system.
* c4 – JEDMICS image files, a DOD system
* cals – JEDMICS image files, a DOD system
* xaml – Used in programs like Visual Studio to create exe files.
* CPT, SEA – Compact Pro (Macintosh)
* DAA – DAA: Closed-format, Windows-only compressed disk image
* deb – deb: Debian install package
* DMG – an Apple compressed/encrypted format
* DDZ – a file which can only be used by the "daydreamer engine" created by "fever-dreamer", a program similar to RAGS, it's mainly used to make somewhat short games.
* DN – Adobe Dimension CC file format
* DNG – "Digital Negative" a type of raw image file format used in digital photography.
* DPE – Package of AVE documents made with Aquafadas digital publishing tools.
* .egg – Alzip Egg Edition compressed file
* .egt – EGT Universal Document also used to create compressed cabinet files replaces .ecab
* .ECAB, .ezip – EGT Compressed Folder used in advanced systems to compress entire system folders, replaced by EGT Universal Document
* ESD – ESD: Electronic Software Distribution, a compressed and encrypted WIM File
* .ess – EGT SmartSense File, detects files compressed using the EGT compression system.
* .exe – Windows application
* .flipchart – Used in Prometheanbr>ActivInspire
Flipchart Software.
* .gbs, .ggp, .gsc – GB
OtterUI binary scene file
* .gho, .ghs – GHO Norton Ghost
* .gif – GIF Graphics Interchange Format
* .gz – gzip Compressed file
* .html – HTML code file
* .ipg – Format in which Apple Inc. packages their iPod games. can be extracted through Winrar
* jar – jar ZIP file with manifest for use with Java applications.
* JPG – Joints Photographic Experts Group – Image File
* JPEG – Joints Photographic Experts Group – Image File
* .Lawrence – LBR Lawrence Compiler Type file
* LBR – LBR Library file
* LQR – LQR LBR Library file compressed by the SQ program.
* .lzh – LHA Lempel, Ziv, Huffman
* .lz – lzip Compressed file
* .lzo – lzo
* lzma – lzma Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm compressed file
* LZX – LZX
* .lua - Lua
* .mbw – MBRWizard archive
* MHTML – Mime HTML (Hyper-Text Markup Language) code file
* .midi - Musical Instrument Digital Interface
* .mpq – MPQ Archives Used by Blizzard Entertainment
* .bin – BIN MacBinary
* .nl2pkg – NoLimits 2 Package
* .nth – NTH: Nokia Theme Used by Nokia Series 40 Cellphones
* .oar – OAR: OAR archive
* OSG – Compressed osu! live gameplay archive (optimized for spectating)
* OSK – Compressed osu! skin archive
* OSR – Compressed osu! replay archive
* OSZ – Compressed osu! beatmap archive
* PAK – Enhanced type of .ARC archive
* .par, .par2 – PAR Parchive
* .paf – PAF Portable Application File
* .pea – PEA PeaZip archive file
* PNG – Portable Network Graphic Image File
* .procreate - Procreate’s drawing file
* Webp - Raster image format developed by Google for web graphics
* .php – PHP code file
* .pyk – PYK Compressed file
* .pk3 – PK3 Quake 3 archive (See note on Doom³)
* .pk4 – PK4 Doom³ archive (Opens similarly to a zip archive.)
* .pxz – PXZ A compressed layered image file used for the image editing website, pixlr.com .
* py, pyw – Python code file
* .rar – RAR Rar Archive, for multiple file archive (rar to .r01-.r99 to s01 and so on)
* RAG, RAGS – Game file, a game playable in the RAGS game-engine, a free program which both allows people to create games, and play games, games created have the format "RAG game file"
* RaX – Archive file created by RaX
* RBXL – Roblox Studio place file (XML, binary)
* RBXLX – Roblox Studio place file (exclusively XML)
* RBXM – Roblox Studio model file (XML, binary)
* RBXMX – Roblox Studio model file (exclusively XML)
* RPM – Red Hat package/installer for Fedora, RHEL, and similar systems.
* sb – Scratch file
* sb2 – Scratch 2.0 file
* sb3 – Scratch 3.0 file
* SEN – Scifer Archive (.sen) – Scifer Internal Archive Type
* .sitx – SIT StuffIt (Macintosh)
* SIS, SISX – SIS/ SISX: Symbian Application Package
* SKB – Google SketchUp backup File
* .sq – SQ: Squish Compressed Archive
* .srt - SubRip Subtitle - file format for closed captioning or subtitles.
* SWM – Splitted WIM File, usually found on OEM Recovery Partition to store preinstalled Windows image, and to make Recovery backup (to USB Drive) easier (due to FAT32 limitations)
* SZS – Nintendo Yaz0 Compressed Archive
* TAR – TAR: group of files, packaged as one file
* Gzip, .tar.gz – ( Gzip, .tar.gz): TGZ gzipped tar file
* .tb – TB Tabbery Virtual Desktop Tab file
* .tib – TIB Acronis True Image backup
* UHA – Ultra High Archive Compression
* .uue – UUE unified utility engine – the generic and default format for all things UUe-related.
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* VIV – Archive format used to compress data for several video games, including Need For Speed: High Stakes.
* VOL – video game data package.
* VSA – Altiris Virtual Software Archive
* WAX – Wavexpress – A ZIP alternative optimized for packages containing video, allowing multiple packaged files to be all-or-none delivered with near-instantaneous unpacking via NTFS file system manipulation.
* .wfp a Wondershare Flimora project file
* WIM – WIM A compressed disk image for installing Windows Vista or higher, Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PC, or restoring a system image made from Backup and Restore (Windows Vista/ 7)
* XAP – Windows Phone Application Package
* xz – xz compressed files, based on LZMA/LZMA2 algorithm
* Z – Unix compress file
* zoo – zoo: based on LZW
* zip – zip: popular compression format
* ZIM – ZIM: an open file format that stores wiki content for offline usage

Physical recordable media archiving

* ISO – Generic format for most optical media, including CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, Blu-ray, HD DVD and UMD.
* NRG – Proprietary optical media archive format used by Nero applications.
* IMG – Raw disk image, for archiving DOS formatted floppy disks, hard drives, and larger optical media.
* ADF – for archiving Amiga floppy disks
* ADZ – The GZip-compressed version of ADF.
* DMS – a disk-archiving system native to the Amiga.
* DSK – For archiving floppy disks from a number of other platforms, including the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC.
* D64 – An archive of a Commodore 64 floppy disk.
* SDI – used for archiving and providing "virtual disk" functionality.
* MDS – Daemon Tools native disc image format used for making images from optical CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, HD DVD or Blu-ray. It comes together with MDF file and can be mounted with DAEMON Tools.
* MDX – Daemon Tools format that allows getting one MDX disc image file instead of two (MDF and MDS).
* DMG – Macintosh disk image files
* CDI – DiscJuggler image file
* CUE – CDRWrite CUE image file
* CIF – Easy CD Creator .cif format
* C2D – Roxio-WinOnCD .c2d format
* DAA – PowerISO .daa format
* B6T – BlindWrite 6 image file
* B5T – BlindWrite 5 image file
* BWT – BlindWrite 4 image file
* FFPPKG – FreeFire Profile Export Package

Other Extensions

* HTML – Hypertext Markup Language
* Msi – Windows installation file
* Vdhx – Virtual disk created by Hyper-V (Hyper-V runs on windows operating system)

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided is a prefix for several categories of tools (e.g., design, manufacture, engineering) which assist professionals in their respective fields (e.g., machining, architecture, schematics).

Computer-aided design (CAD)

Computer-aided design (CAD) software assists engineers, architects and other design professionals in project design.
* 3DXML – Dassault Systemes graphic representation
* 3MF – Microsoft 3D Manufacturing Format
* ACP – VA Software VA – Virtual Architecture CAD file
* AMF – Additive Manufacturing File Format
* AEC – DataCAD drawing format
* AR – Ashlar-Vellum Argon – 3D Modeling
* ART – ArtCAM model
* ASC – BRL-CAD Geometry File (old ASCII format)
* ASM – Solidedge Assembly, Pro/ENGINEER Assembly
* BIN, BIM – Data Design System DDS-CAD
* BREP – Open CASCADE 3D model (shape)
* C3D – C3D Toolkit File Format
* C3P – Construct3 Files
* CCC – CopyCAD Curves
* CCM – CopyCAD Model
* CCS – CopyCAD Session
* CAD – CadStd
* CATDrawing – CATIA V5 Drawing document
* CATPart – CATIA V5 Part document
* CATProduct – CATIA V5 Assembly document
* CATProcess – CATIA V5 Manufacturing document
* cgr – CATIA V5 graphic representation file
* ckd – KeyCreator CAD Modeling
* ckt – KeyCreator CAD Modeling
* CO – Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt – parametric drafting and 3D modeling
* DRW – Caddie Early version of Caddie drawing – Prior to Caddie changing to DWG
* DFT – Solidedge Draft
* DGN – MicroStation design file
* DGK – Delcam Geometry
* DMT – Delcam Machining Triangles
* DXF – ASCII Drawing Interchange file format, AutoCAD
* DWB – VariCAD drawing file
* DWF – Autodesk's Web Design Format; AutoCAD & Revit can publish to this format; similar in concept to PDF files; Autodesk Design Review is the reader
* DWG – Popular file format for Computer Aided Drafting applications, notably AutoCAD, Open Design Alliance applications, and Autodesk Inventor Drawing files
* EASM – SolidWorks eDrawings assembly file
* EDRW – eDrawings drawing file
* EMB – Wilcom ES Designer Embroidery CAD file
* EPRT – eDrawings part file
* EscPcb – "esCAD pcb" data file by Electro-System (Japan)
* EscSch – "esCAD sch" data file by Electro-System (Japan)
* ESW – AGTEK format
* EXCELLON – Excellon file
* EXP – Drawing Express format
* F3D – Autodesk Fusion 360 archive file
* FCStd – Native file format of FreeCAD CAD/ CAM package
* FM – FeatureCAM Part File
* FMZ – FormZ Project file
* G – BRL-CAD Geometry File
* GBR – Gerber file
* GLM – KernelCAD model
* GRB – T-FLEX CAD File
* GRI – AppliCad GRIM-In file in readable text form for importing roof and wall cladding job data generated by business management and accounting systems into the modelling/estimating program
* GRO – AppliCad GRIM-Out file in readable text form for exporting roof and wall cladding data job material and labour costing data, material lists generated by the modelling/estimating program to business management and accounting systems
* IAM – Autodesk Inventor Assembly file
* ICD – IronCAD 2D CAD file
* IDW – Autodesk Inventor Drawing file
* IFC – buildingSMART for sharing AEC and FM data
* IGES – Initial Graphics Exchange Specification
* .dgn, .cel – Intergraph Standard File Formats Intergraph
* IO – Stud.io 3d model
* IPN – Autodesk Inventor Presentation file
* IPT – Autodesk Inventor Part file
* JT – Jupiter Tesselation
* MCD – Monu-CAD (Monument/Headstone Drawing file)
* MDG – Model of Digital Geometric Kernel
* model – CATIA V4 part document
* OCD – Orienteering Computer Aided Design (OCAD) file
* PAR – Solidedge Part
* PIPE – PIPE-FLO Professional Piping system design file
* PLN – ArchiCad project
* PRT – NX (recently known as Unigraphics), Pro/ENGINEER Part, CADKEY Part
* PSM – Solidedge Sheet
* PSMODEL – PowerSHAPE Model
* PWI – PowerINSPECT File
* PYT – Pythagoras File
* SKP – SketchUp Model
* RLF – ArtCAM Relief
* RVM – AVEVA PDMS 3D Review model
* RVT – Autodesk Revit project files
* RFA – Autodesk Revit family files
* RXF – AppliCad annotated 3D roof and wall geometry data in readable text form used to exchange 3D model geometry with other systems such as truss design software
* S12 – Spirit file, by Softtech
* SCAD – OpenSCAD 3D part model
* SCDOC – SpaceClaim 3D Part/Assembly
* SLDASM – SolidWorks Assembly drawing
* SLDDRW – SolidWorks 2D drawing
* SLDPRT – SolidWorks 3D part model
* dotXSI – For Softimage
* STEP – Standard for the Exchange of Product model data
* STL – Stereo Lithographic data format used by various CAD systems and stereo lithographic printing machines.
* STD – Power Vision Plus – Electricity Meter Data (Circutor)
* TCT – TurboCAD drawing template
* TCW – TurboCAD for Windows 2D and 3D drawing
* UNV – I-DEAS I-DEAS (Integrated Design and Engineering Analysis Software)
* VC6 – Ashlar-Vellum Graphite – 2D and 3D drafting
* VLM – Ashlar-Vellum Vellum, Vellum 2D, Vellum Draft, Vellum 3D, DrawingBoard
* VS – Ashlar-Vellum Vellum Solids
* WRL – Similar to STL, but includes color. Used by various CAD systems and 3D printing rapid prototyping machines. Also used for VRML models on the web.
* X_B – Parasolids binary format
* X_T – Parasolids
* XE – Ashlar-Vellum Xenon – for associative 3D modeling
* ZOFZPROJ – ZofzPCB 3D PCB model, containing mesh, netlist and BOM

Electronic design automation (EDA)

Electronic design automation (EDA), or electronic computer-aided design (ECAD), is specific to the field of electrical engineering.
* BRD – Board file for EAGLE Layout Editor, a commercial PCB design tool
* BSDL – Description language for testing through JTAG
* CDL – Transistor-level netlist format for IC design
* CPF – Power-domain specification in system-on-a-chip (SoC) implementation (see also UPF)
* DEF – Gate-level layout
* DSPF – Detailed Standard Parasitic Format, Analog-level parasitics of interconnections in IC design
* EDIF – Vendor neutral gate-level netlist format
* FSDB – Analog waveform format (see also Waveform viewer)
* GDSII – Format for PCB and layout of integrated circuits
* HEX – ASCII-coded binary format for memory dumps
* LEF – Library Exchange Format, physical abstract of cells for IC design
* LIB – Library modeling ( function, timing) format
* MS12 – NI Multisim file
* OASIS – Open Artwork System Interchange Standard
* OpenAccess – Design database format with APIs
* PSF – Cadence proprietary format to store simulation results/waveforms (2GB limit)
* PSFXL – Cadence proprietary format to store simulation results/waveforms
* SDC – Synopsys Design Constraints, format for synthesis constraints
* SDF – Standard for gate-level timings
* SPEF – Standard format for parasitics of interconnections in IC design
* SPI, CIR – SPICE Netlist, device-level netlist and commands for simulation
* SREC, S19 – S-record, ASCII-coded format for memory dumps
* SST2 – Cadence proprietary format to store mixed-signal simulation results/waveforms
* STIL – Standard Test Interface Language, IEEE1450-1999 standard for Test Patterns for IC
* SV – SystemVerilog source file
* S*P – Touchstone/ EEsof Scattering parameter data file – multi-port blackbox performance, measurement or simulated
* TLF – Contains timing and logical information about a collection of cells (circuit elements)
* UPF – Standard for Power-domain specification in SoC implementation
* V – Verilog source file
* VCD – Standard format for digital simulation waveform
* VHD, VHDL – VHDL source file
* WGL – Waveform Generation Language, format for Test Patterns for IC

Test technology

Files output from Automatic Test Equipment or post-processed from such.
* Standard Test Data Format

Database

* 4DB – 4D database Structure file
* 4DD – 4D database Data file
* 4DIndy – 4D database Structure Index file
* 4DIndx – 4D database Data Index file
* 4DR – 4D database Data resource file (in old 4D versions)
* ACCDB – Microsoft Database ( Microsoft Office Access 2007 and later)
* ACCDE – Compiled Microsoft Database ( Microsoft Office Access 2007 and later)
* ADT – Sybase Advantage Database Server (ADS)
* APR – Lotus Approach data entry & reports
* BOX – Lotus Notes Post Office mail routing database
* CHML – Krasbit Technologies Encrypted database file for 1 click integration between contact management software and the chameleon(tm) line of imaging workflow solutions
* DAF – Digital Anchor data file
* DAT – DOS Basic
* DAT – Intersystems Caché database file
* DB – Paradox
* DB – SQLite
* DBF – db/dbase II,III,IV and V, Clipper, Harbour/xHarbour, Fox/FoxPro, Oracle
* DTA – Sage Sterling database file
* EGT – EGT Universal Document, used to compress sql databases to smaller files, may contain original EGT database style.
* ESS – EGT SmartSense is a database of files and its compression style. Specific to EGT SmartSense
* EAP – Enterprise Architect Project
* FDB – Firebird Databases
* FDB – Navision database file
* FP, FP3, FP5, FP7 – FileMaker Pro
* FRM – MySQL table definition
* GDB – Borland InterBase Databases
* GTABLE – Google Drive Fusion Table
* KEXI – Kexi database file ( SQLite-based)
* KEXIC – shortcut to a database connection for a Kexi databases on a server
* KEXIS – shortcut to a Kexi database
* LDB – Temporary database file, only existing when database is open
* LIRS – Layered Intager Storage. Stores intageres with characters such as semicolons to create lists of data.
* MDA – Add-in file for Microsoft Access
* MDB – Microsoft Access database
* ADP – Microsoft Access project (used for accessing databases on a server)
* MDE – Compiled Microsoft Database (Access)
* MDF – Microsoft SQL Server Database
* MYD – MySQL MyISAM table data
* MYI – MySQL MyISAM table index
* NCF – Lotus Notes configuration file
* NSF – Lotus Notes database
* NTF – Lotus Notes database design template
* NV2 – QW Page NewViews object oriented accounting database
* ODB – LibreOffice Base or OpenOffice Base database
* ORA – Oracle tablespace files sometimes get this extension (also used for configuration files)
* PCONTACT – WinIM Contact file
* PDB – Palm OS Database
* PDI – Portable Database Image
* PDX – Corel Paradox database management
* PRC – Palm OS resource database
* SQL – bundled SQL queries
* REC – GNU recutils database
* REL – Sage Retrieve 4GL data file
* RIN – Sage Retrieve 4GL index file
* SDB – StarOffice's StarBase
* SDF – SQL Compact Database file
* sqlite – SQLite
* UDL – Universal Data Link
* waData – Wakanda (software) database Data file
* waIndx – Wakanda (software) database Index file
* waModel – Wakanda (software) database Model file
* waJournal – Wakanda (software) database Journal file
* WDB – Microsoft Works Database
* WMDB – Windows Media Database file – The CurrentDatabase_360.wmdb file can contain file name, file properties, music, video, photo and playlist information.

Big Data (Distributed)

* Avro – Data format appropriate for ingestion of record based attributes. Distinguishing characteristic is schema is stored on each row enabling schema evolution.
* Parquet – Columnar data storage. It is typically used within the Hadoop ecosystem.
* ORC – Similar to Parquet, but has better data compression and schema evolution handling.

Desktop publishing

* AI – Adobe Illustrator
* AVE, ZAVE – Aquafadas
* CDR – CorelDRAW
* CHP, pub, STY, CAP, CIF, VGR, FRM – Ventura Publisher – Xerox (DOS / GEM)
* CPT – Corel Photo-Paint
* DTP – Greenstreet Publisher, GST PressWorks
* FM – Adobe FrameMaker
* GDRAW – Google Drive Drawing
* ILDOC – Broadvision Quicksilver document
* INDD – Adobe InDesign
* MCF – FotoInsight Designer
* PDF – Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader
* PMD – Adobe PageMaker
* PPP – Serif PagePlus
* PSD – Adobe Photoshop
* PUB – Microsoft Publisher
* QXD – QuarkXPress
* SLA, SCD – Scribus
* XCF – XCF: File format used by the GIMP, as well as other programs

Document

These files store formatted text and plain text.

* 0 – Plain Text Document, normally used for licensing
* 1ST – Plain Text Document, normally preceded by the words "README" (README.1ST)
* 600 – Plain Text Document, used in UNZIP history log
* 602 – Text602 (T602) document
* ABW – AbiWord document
* ACL – MS Word AutoCorrect List
* AFP – Advanced Function Presentation
* AMI – Lotus Ami Pro Amigaguide
* ANS – American National Standards Institute (ANSI) text
* ASC – ASCII text
* AWW – Ability Write
* CCF – Color Chat 1.0
* CSV – ASCII text as comma-separated values, used in spreadsheets and database management systems
* CWK – ClarisWorks- AppleWorks document
* DBK – DocBook XML sub-format
* DITA – Darwin Information Typing Architecture document
* DOC – Microsoft Word document
* DOCM – Microsoft Word macro-enabled document
* DOCX – Office Open XML document
* DOT – Microsoft Word document template
* DOTX – Office Open XML text document template
* DWD – DavkaWriter Heb/Eng word processor file
* EGT – EGT Universal Document
* EPUB – EPUB open standard for e-books
* EZW – Reagency Systems easyOFFER document
* FDX – Final Draft
* FTM – Fielded Text Meta
* FTX – Fielded Text (Declared)
* GDOC – Google Drive Document
* HTML – HyperText Markup Language (.html, .htm)
* HWP – Haansoft (Hancom) Hangul Word Processor document
* HWPML – Haansoft (Hancom) Hangul Word Processor Markup Language document
* LOG – Text log file
* LWP – Lotus Word Pro
* MBP – metadata for Mobipocket documents
* MD – Markdown text document
* ME – Plain text document normally preceded by the word "READ" (READ.ME)
* MCW – Microsoft Word for Macintosh (versions 4.0–5.1)
* Mobi – Mobipocket documents
* NB – Mathematica Notebook
* nb – Nota Bene Document (Academic Writing Software)
* NBP – Mathematica Player Notebook
* NEIS – 학교생활기록부 작성 프로그램 (Student Record Writing Program) Document
* NT – N-Triples RDF container (.nt)
* NQ – N-Quads RDF container (.nq)
* ODM – OpenDocument master document
* ODOC – Synology Drive Office Document
* ODT – OpenDocument text document
* OSHEET – Synology Drive Office Spreadsheet
* OTT – OpenDocument text document template
* OMM – OmmWriter text document
* PAGES – Apple Pages document
* PAP – Papyrus word processor document
* PER - Canadian Forces Personnel Appraisal System (CFPAS) Personnel Evaluation Report (PER)
* PDR - Canadian Forces Personnel Appraisal System (CFPAS) Personnel Development Report (PDR)
* PDAX – Portable Document Archive (PDA) document index file
* PDF – Portable Document Format
* QUOX – Question Object File Format for Quobject Designer or Quobject Explorer
* Radix-64 – Need helps!!!
* RTF – Rich Text document
* RPT – Crystal Reports
* SDW – StarWriter text document, used in earlier versions of StarOffice
* SE – Shuttle Document
* STW – OpenOffice.org XML (obsolete) text document template
* Sxw – OpenOffice.org XML (obsolete) text document
* TeX – TeX
* INFO – Texinfo
* Troff – Unix OS document processing system
* TXT – ASCII or Unicode plain text file
* UOF – Uniform Office Format
* UOML – Unique Object Markup Language
* VIA – Revoware VIA Document Project File
* WPD – WordPerfect document
* WPS – Microsoft Works document
* WPT – Microsoft Works document template
* WRD – WordIt! document
* WRF – ThinkFree Write
* WRI – Microsoft Write document
* xhtml, xht – XHTML eXtensible HyperText Markup Language
* XML – eXtensible Markup Language
* XPS – XPS: Open XML Paper Specification

Financial records

* MYO – MYOB Limited (Windows) File
* MYOB – MYOB Limited (Mac) File
* TAX – TurboTax File
* YNAB – You Need a Budget (YNAB) File

Financial data transfer formats

* IFX – Interactive Financial Exchange XML-based specification for various forms of financial transactions
* .ofx – Open Financial Exchange， open standard supported by CheckFree and Microsoft and partly by Intuit; SGML and later XML based
* QFX – proprietary pay-only format used only by Intuit
* .qif – Quicken Interchange Format open standard formerly supported by Intuit

Font file

* ABF – Adobe Binary Screen Font
* AFM – Adobe Font Metrics
* BDF – Bitmap Distribution Format
* BMF – ByteMap Font Format
* BRFNT – Binary Revolution Font Format
* FNT – Bitmapped Font – Graphics Environment Manager (GEM)
* FON – Bitmapped Font – Microsoft Windows
* MGF – MicroGrafx Font
* OTF – OpenType Font
* PCF – Portable Compiled Format
* PFA – Printer Font ASCII
* PFB – Printer Font Binary – Adobe
* PFM – Printer Font Metrics – Adobe
* AFM – Adobe Font Metrics
* FOND – Font Description resource – Mac OS
* SFD – FontForge spline font database Font
* SNF – Server Normal Format
* TDF – TheDraw Font
* TFM – TeX font metric
* .ttf, .ttc – TrueType Font
* UFO – Unified Font Object is a cross-platform, cross-application, human readable, future proof format for storing font data.
* WOFF – Web Open Font Format

General purpose

These file formats allow for the rapid creation of new binary file formats.

* IFDS - Incredibly Flexible Data Storage file format. File extension and the magic number does not have to be IFDS.

Geographic information system

* ASC – ASCII point of interest (POI) text file
* APR – ESRI ArcView 3.3 and earlier project file
* DEM – USGS DEM file format
* E00 – ARC/INFO interchange file format
* GeoJSON –Geographically located data in object notation
* GeoTIFF – Geographically located raster data
* GML – Geography Markup Language file
* GPX – XML-based interchange format
* ITN – TomTom Itinerary format
* MXD – ESRI ArcGIS project file, 8.0 and higher
* NTF – National Transfer Format file
* OV2 – TomTom POI overlay file
* SHP – ESRI shapefile
* TAB – MapInfo Table file format
* GeoTIFF – Geographically located raster data: text file giving corner coordinate, raster cells per unit, and rotation
* DTED – Digital Terrain Elevation Data
* KML – Keyhole Markup Language, XML-based

Graphical information organizers

* 3DT – 3D Topicscape, the database in which the meta-data of a 3D Topicscape is held, it is a form of 3D concept map (like a 3D mind-map) used to organize ideas, information, and computer files
* ATY – 3D Topicscape file, produced when an association type is exported; used to permit round-trip (export Topicscape, change files and folders as desired, re-import to 3D Topicscape)
* CAG – Linear Reference System
* FES – 3D Topicscape file, produced when a fileless occurrence in 3D Topicscape is exported to Windows. Used to permit round-trip (export Topicscape, change files and folders as desired, re-import them to 3D Topicscape)
* MGMF – MindGenius Mind Mapping Software file format
* MM – FreeMind mind map file (XML)
* MMP – Mind Manager mind map file
* TPC – 3D Topicscape file, produced when an inter-Topicscape topic link file is exported to Windows; used to permit round-trip (export Topicscape, change files and folders as desired, re-import to 3D Topicscape)

Graphics

Color palettes

* ACT – Adobe Color Table. Contains a raw color palette and consists of 256 24-bit RGB colour values.
* ASE – Adobe Swatch Exchange. Used by Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
* GPL – GIMP palette file. Uses a text representation of color names and RGB values. Various open source graphical editors can read this format, including GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, KolourPaint, Scribus, CinePaint, and MyPaint.
* PAL – Microsoft RIFF palette file

Color management

* ICC, ICM – Color profile conforming the specification of the ICC.

Raster graphics

Raster or bitmap files store images as a group of pixels.

* ART – America Online proprietary format
* BLP – Blizzard Entertainment proprietary texture format
* BMP – Microsoft Windows Bitmap formatted image
* BTI – Nintendo proprietary texture format
* CD5 – Chasys Draw IES image
* CIT – Intergraph is a monochrome bitmap format
* CPT – Corel PHOTO-PAINT image
* CR2 – Canon camera raw format; photos have this on some Canon cameras if the quality ''RAW'' is selected in camera settings
* CLIP – CLIP STUDIO PAINT format
* CPL – Windows control panel file
* DDS – DirectX texture file
* DIB – Device-Independent Bitmap graphic
* DjVu – DjVu for scanned documents
* EGT – EGT Universal Document, used in EGT SmartSense to compress PNG files to yet a smaller file
* Exif – Exchangeable image file format (Exif) is a specification for the image format used by digital cameras
* GIF – CompuServe's Graphics Interchange Format
* GRF – Zebra Technologies proprietary format
* ICNS – format for ''icons'' in macOS. Contains bitmap images at multiple resolutions and bitdepths with alpha channel.
* ICO – a format used for ''icons'' in Microsoft Windows. Contains small bitmap images at multiple resolutions and bitdepths with 1-bit transparency or alpha channel.
* .iff, .ilbm, .lbm – IFF ILBM
* JNG – a single-frame MNG using JPEG compression and possibly an alpha channel
* JPEG, JFIF, .jpg, .jpeg – Joint Photographic Experts Group; a lossy image format widely used to display photographic images
* JP2 – JPEG2000
* JPS – JPEG Stereo
* KRA – Krita image file
* LBM – Deluxe Paint image file
* MAX – ScanSoft PaperPort document
* MIFF – ImageMagick's native file format
* MNG – Multiple-image Network Graphics, the animated version of PNG
* MSP – a format used by old versions of Microsoft Paint; replaced by BMP in Microsoft Windows 3.0
* NITF – A U.S. Government standard commonly used in Intelligence systems
* OTB – Over The Air bitmap, a specification designed by Nokia for black and white images for mobile phones
* PBM – Portable bitmap
* PC1 – Low resolution, compressed Degas picture file
* PC2 – Medium resolution, compressed Degas picture file
* PC3 – High resolution, compressed Degas picture file
* PCF – Pixel Coordination Format
* PCX – a lossless format used by ZSoft's PC Paint, popular for a time on DOS systems.
* PDN – Paint.NET image file
* PGM – Portable graymap
* PI1 – Low resolution, uncompressed Degas picture file
* PI2 – Medium resolution, uncompressed Degas picture file; also Portrait Innovations encrypted image format
* PI3 – High resolution, uncompressed Degas picture file
* PICT, PCT – Apple Macintosh PICT image
* PNG – Portable Network Graphic (lossless, recommended for display and edition of graphic images)
* PNM – Portable anymap graphic bitmap image
* PNS – PNG Stereo
* PPM – Portable Pixmap (Pixel Map) image
* PSB – Adobe Photoshop Big image file (for large files)
* PSD, PDD – Adobe Photoshop Drawing
* PSP – Paint Shop Pro image
* PX – Pixel image editor image file
* PXM – Pixelmator image file
* PXR – Pixar Image Computer image file
* QFX – QuickLink Fax image
* RAW – General term for minimally processed image data (acquired by a digital camera)
* RLE – a run-length encoding image
* SCT – Scitex Continuous Tone image file
* SGI, RGB, INT, BW – Silicon Graphics Image
* TGA, .tga, .targa, .icb, .vda, .vst, .pix – Truevision TGA (Targa) image
* TIFF, .tif, .tiff – Tagged Image File Format (usually lossless, but many variants exist, including lossy ones)
* TIFF, EP, .tif, .tiff – Tag Image File Format / Electronic Photography, ISO 12234-2; tends to be used as a basis for other formats rather than in its own right.
* VTF – Valve Texture Format
* XBM – X Window System Bitmap
* XCF – GIMP image (from Gimp's origin at the eXperimental Computing Facility of the University of California)
* XPM – X Window System Pixmap
* ZIF – Zoomable/Zoomify Image Format (a web-friendly, TIFF-based, zoomable image format)

Vector graphics

Vector graphics use geometric primitives such as points, lines, curves, and polygons to represent images.
* 3DV – 3-D wireframe graphics by Oscar Garcia
* AMF – Additive Manufacturing File Format
* AWG – Ability Draw
* AI – Adobe Illustrator Document
* CGM – Computer Graphics Metafile, an ISO Standard
* CDR – CorelDRAW Document
* CMX – CorelDRAW vector image
* DP – Drawing Program file for PERQ
* DRAWIO – Diagrams.net offline diagram
* DXF – ASCII Drawing Interchange file Format, used in AutoCAD and other CAD-programs
* E2D – 2-dimensional vector graphics used by the editor which is included in JFire
* EGT – EGT Universal Document, EGT Vector Draw images are used to draw vector to a website
* EPS – Encapsulated Postscript
* FS – FlexiPro file
* GBR – Gerber file
* ODG – OpenDocument Drawing
* MOVIE.BYU – Need Helps!!!
* RenderMan – Need Helps!!!
* SVG – Scalable Vector Graphics, employs XML
* 3DMLW – Scene description languages (3D vector image formats)
* STL – STL: Stereo Lithographic data format (see STL (file format)) used by various CAD systems and stereo lithographic printing machines. See above.
* .wrl – Virtual Reality Modeling Language, VRML Uses this extension for the creation of 3D viewable web images.
* X3D – Need Helps!!!
* SXD – OpenOffice.org XML (obsolete) Drawing
* TGAX – Texture format used by Zwift
* V2D – voucher design used by the voucher management included in JFire
* VDOC – Vector format used in AnyCut, CutStorm, DrawCut, DragonCut, FutureDRAW, MasterCut, SignMaster, VinylMaster software by Future Corporation
* VSD – Vector format used by Microsoft Visio
* VSDX – Vector format used by MS Visio and opened by VSDX Annotator
* VND – Vision numeric Drawing file used in TypeEdit, Gravostyle.
* WMF – WMF: Windows Meta File
* EMF – EMF: Enhanced (Windows) MetaFile, an extension to WMF
* ART – Xara–Drawing (superseded by XAR)
* XAR – Xara–Drawing

3D graphics

3D graphics are 3D models that allow building models in real-time or non-real-time 3D rendering.
* 3DMF – QuickDraw 3D Metafile (.3dmf)
* 3DM – OpenNURBS Initiative 3D Model (used by Rhinoceros 3D) (.3dm)
* 3MF – Microsoft 3D Manufacturing Format (.3mf)
* 3DS – legacy 3D Studio Model (.3ds)
* ABC – Alembic (computer graphics)
* AC – AC3D Model (.ac)
* AMF – Additive Manufacturing File Format
* AN8 – Anim8or Model (.an8)
* AOI – Art of Illusion Model (.aoi)
* ASM – PTC Creo assembly (.asm)
* B3D – Blitz3D Model (.b3d)
* BLEND – Blender (.blend)
* BLOCK – Blender encrypted blend files (.block)
* BMD3 – Nintendo GameCube first-party J3D proprietary model format (.bmd)
* BDL4 – Nintendo GameCube and Wii first-party J3D proprietary model format (2002, 2006–2010) (.bdl)
* BRRES – Nintendo Wii first-party proprietary model format 2010+ (.brres)
* BFRES – Nintendo Wii U and later Switch first-party proprietary model format
* C4D – Cinema 4D (.c4d)
* Cal3D – Cal3D (.cal3d)
* CCP4 – X-ray crystallography voxels (electron density)
* CFL – Compressed File Library (.cfl)
* COB – Caligari Object (.cob)
* CORE3D – Coreona 3D Coreona 3D Virtual File(.core3d)
* CTM – OpenCTM (.ctm)
* DAE – COLLADA (.dae)
* DFF – RenderWare binary stream, commonly used by Grand Theft Auto III-era games as well as other RenderWare titles
* DPM – deepMesh (.dpm)
* DTS – Torque Game Engine ( .dts)
* EGG – Panda3D Engine
* FACT – Electric Image (.fac)
* FBX – Autodesk FBX (.fbx)
* G – BRL-CAD geometry (.g)
* GLB – a binary form of glTF required to be loaded in Facebook 3D Posts. (.glb)
* GLM – Ghoul Mesh (.glm)
* glTF – the JSON-based standard developed by Khronos Group (.gltf)
* .hec – Hector Game Engine – Flatspace model format
* IO – Bricklink Stud.io 2.0 Model File (.io)
* IOB – Imagine (3D modeling software) (.iob)
* JAS – Cheetah 3D file (.jas)
* JMESH – Universal mesh data exchange file based on JMesh specification (.jmsh for text/JSON based, .bmsh for binary/ UBJSON based)
* LDR – LDraw Model File (.ldr)
* LWO – Lightwave Object (.lwo)
* LWS – Lightwave Scene (.lws)
* LXF – LEGO Digital Designer Model file (.lxf)
* LXO – Luxology Modo (software) file (.lxo)
* M3D – Model3D, universal, engine-neutral format (.m3d)
* MA – Autodesk Maya ASCII File (.ma)
* MAX – Autodesk 3D Studio Max file (.max)
* MB – Autodesk Maya Binary File (.mb)
* MPD – LDraw Multi-Part Document Model File (.mpd)
* MD2 – MD2: Quake 2 model format (.md2)
* MD3 – MD3: Quake 3 model format (.md3)
* MD5 – MD5: Doom 3 model format (.md5)
* MDX – Blizzard Entertainment's own model format (.mdx)
* MESH – New York University(.m)
* MESH – Meshwork Model (.mesh)
* MIOBJECT �
Mine-Imator
object file (.miobject)
* MIPARTICLE �
Mine-Imator
particle file (.miparticle)
* MIMODEL �
Mine-Imator
model file (.mimodel)
* MM3D – Misfit Model 3d (.mm3d)
* MPO – Multi-Picture Object – This JPEG standard is used for 3d images, as with the Nintendo 3DS
* MRC – MRC: voxels in cryo-electron microscopy
* NIF – Gamebryo NetImmerse File (.nif)
* OBJ – Wavefront .obj file (.obj)
* OFF – OFF Object file format (.off)
* OGEX – Open Game Engine Exchange (OpenGEX) format (.ogex)
* PLY – PLY: Polygon File Format / Stanford Triangle Format (.ply)
* PRC – Adobe PRC (embedded in PDF files)
* PRT – PTC Creo part (.prt)
* POV – POV-Ray document (.pov)
* R3D – Realsoft 3D (Real-3D) (.r3d)
* RWX – RenderWare Object (.rwx)
* SIA – Nevercenter Silo Object (.sia)
* SIB – Nevercenter Silo Object (.sib)
* SKP – Google Sketchup file (.skp)
* SLDASM – SolidWorks Assembly Document (.sldasm)
* SLDPRT – SolidWorks Part Document (.sldprt)
* SMD – Valve Studiomdl Data format (.smd)
* U3D – Universal 3D format (.u3d)
* USD – Universal Scene Description (.usd)
* USDA �
Universal Scene Description , Human-readable text format
(.usda)
* USDC �

(.usdc)
* USDZ �

(.usdz)
* VIM – Revizto visual information model format (.vimproj)
* VRML97 – VRML Virtual reality modeling language (.wrl)
* VUE – Vue scene file (.vue)
* VWX – Vectorworks (.vwx)
* WINGS – Wings3D (.wings)
* W3D – Westwood 3D Model (.w3d)
* X – DirectX 3D Model (.x)
* X3D – Extensible 3D (.x3d)
* Z3D – Zmodeler (.z3d)
* ZBMX – Mecabricks Blender Add-On (.zbmx)

Links and shortcuts

* Alias – Alias (Mac OS)
* JNLP – Java Network Launching Protocol, an XML file used by Java Web Start for starting Java applets over the Internet
* LNK – binary-format file shortcut in Microsoft Windows 95 and later
* APPREF-MS – File shortcut format used by ClickOnce
* NAL – ZENworks Instant shortcut (opens a .EXE not on the C:/ )
* URL – INI file pointing to a URL bookmarks/Internet shortcut in Microsoft Windows
* WEBLOC – Property list file pointing to a URL bookmarks/Internet shortcut in macOS
* SYM – Symbolic link
* .desktop – Desktop entry on Linux Desktop environments

Mathematical

* Harwell-Boeing – a file format designed to store sparse matrices
* MML – MathML – Mathematical Markup Language
* ODF – OpenDocument Math Formula
* SXM – OpenOffice.org XML (obsolete) Math Formula

Object code, executable files, shared and dynamically linked libraries

* .8BF – files plugins for some photo editing programs including Adobe Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, GIMP and Helicon Filter.
* .a - a static library on on Unix-like systems
* .a – Objective C native static library
* a.out – (no suffix for executable image, .o for object files, .so for shared object files) classic UNIX object format, now often superseded by ELF
* APK – Android Application Package
* APP – A folder found on macOS systems containing program code and resources, appearing as one file.
* BAC – an executable image for the RSTS/E system, created using the BASIC-PLUS COMPILE command
* BPL – a Win32 PE file created with Borland Delphi or C++Builder containing a package.
* Bundle – a Macintosh plugin created with Xcode or make which holds executable code, data files, and folders for that code.
* .Class – used in Java
* COFF – no suffix for executable image, .o for object files UNIX Common Object File Format, now often superseded by ELF
* COM – files commands used in DOS and CP/M
* DCU – Delphi compiled unit
* DLL – library used in Windows and OS/2 to store data, resources and code.
* DOL – the format used by the GameCube and Wii, short for Dolphin, which was the codename of the GameCube.
* .EAR – archives of Java enterprise applications
* ELF – (no suffix for executable image, .o for object files, .so for shared object files) used in many modern Unix and Unix-like systems, including Solaris, other System V Release 4 derivatives, Linux, and BSD)
* expander, expander – file format (see bundle)
* .exe – DOS executable (.exe: used in DOS)
* .ipa, .IPA – file extension for apple IOS application executable file. Another form of zip file.
* JEFF – a file format allowing execution directly from static memory
* .JAR – archives of Java class files
* .XPI – PKZIP archive that can be run by Mozilla web browsers to install software.
* LIB - a static library on Microsoft platforms
* Mach-O – (no suffix for executable image, .o for object files, .dylib and .bundle for shared object files) Mach-based systems, notably native format of macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS
* .NLM – NetWare Loadable Module the native 32-bit binaries compiled for Novell's NetWare Operating System (versions 3 and newer)
* . EXE – New Executable (used in multitasking ("European") MS-DOS 4.0, 16-bit Microsoft Windows, and OS/2)
* .o – un-linked object files directly from the compiler
* OBJ - object file on Windows
* . EXE – Portable Executable used in Microsoft Windows and some other systems)
* RLL – used in Microsoft operating systems together with a DLL file to store program resources
* .s1es – Executable used for S1ES learning system.
* .so – shared library, typically ELF
* .VAP – Value Added Process the native 16-bit binaries compiled for Novell's NetWare Operating System (version 2, NetWare 286, Advanced NetWare, etc.)
* WAR, .WAR – .WAR are archives of Java Web applications
* XBE – XBE is Xbox executable
* .XAP – Windows Phone package
* XCOFF – (no suffix for executable image, .o for object files, .a for shared object files) extended COFF, used in AIX
* XEX – XEX is Xbox 360 executable
* LIST – variable list
Object extensions:
* .VBX – .VBX are Visual Basic extensions
* .OCX – .OCX are Object Control extensions
* .TLB – .TLB are Windows Type Library

Page description language

* DVI – DVI are Device independent format
* .egt – Universal Document can be used to store CSS type styles
* PLD – PLD (Need to be added!!!)
* PCL – PCL (Need to be added!!!)
* PDF – PDF are Portable Document Format
* .ps, .ps, .gz – PostScript (Need to be added!!!)
* SNP – SNP are Microsoft Access Report Snapshot
* XPS – XPS
* XSL-FO – XSL-FO (Formatting Objects)
* Configurations, Metadata
** CSS – CSS are Cascading Style Sheets
** .xslt, .xsl – XML Style Sheet
** .tpl – Web template

Personal information manager

* MSG – Microsoft Outlook task manager
* ORG – Lotus Organizer PIM package
* ORG – Emacs Org-Mode Mindmanager, contacts, calendar, email-integration
* PST, OST – Microsoft Outlook email communication
* SC2 – Microsoft Schedule+ calendar

Presentation

* GSLIDES – Google Drive Presentation
* KEY, KEYNOTE – Apple Keynote Presentation
* NB – Mathematica Slideshow
* NBP – Mathematica Player slideshow
* ODP – OpenDocument Presentation
* OTP – OpenDocument Presentation template
* PEZ – Prezi Desktop Presentation
* POT – Microsoft PowerPoint template
* PPS – Microsoft PowerPoint Show
* PPT – Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation
* PPTX – Office Open XML Presentation
* PRZ – Lotus Freelance Graphics
* SDD – StarOffice's StarImpress
* SHF – ThinkFree Show
* SHOW – Haansoft(Hancom) Presentation software document
* SHW – Corel Presentations slide show creation
* SLP – Logix-4D Manager Show Control Project
* SSPSS – SongShow Plus Slide Show
* STI – OpenOffice.org XML (obsolete) Presentation template
* SXI – OpenOffice.org XML (obsolete) Presentation
* THMX – Microsoft PowerPoint theme template
* WATCH – Dataton Watchout Presentation

Project management software

* MPP – Microsoft Project

Reference management software

Formats of files used for bibliographic information (citation) management.
* bib – BibTeX
* enl – EndNote
* ris – Research Information Systems RIS (file format)

Scientific data (data exchange)

* .fits – FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) standard data format for astronomy
* Silo – Silo, a storage format for visualization developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
* SPC – SPC, spectroscopic data
* EAS3 – binary format for structured data
* EOSSA – Electro-Optic Space Situational Awareness format
* OST – (Open Spatio-Temporal) extensible, mainly images with related data, or just pure data; meant as an open alternative for microscope images
* CCP4 – CCP4, X-ray crystallography voxels (electron density)
* MRC – MRC, voxels in cryo-electron microscopy
* HITRAN – spectroscopic data with one optical/infrared transition per line in the ASCII file (.hit)
* .root – hierarchical platform-independent compressed binary format used by ROOT
* SDF – Simple Data Format (SDF), a platform-independent, precision-preserving binary data I/O format capable of handling large, multi-dimensional arrays.
* MYD – Everfine LEDSpec software file for LED measurements
* CSDM – (Core Scientific Dataset Model) model for multi-dimensional and correlated datasets from various spectroscopies, diffraction, microscopy, and imaging techniques (.csdf, .csdfe).

Multi-domain

* NetCDF – Network common data format
* HDR, HDF, h4, h5 – Hierarchical Data Format
* SDXF – SDXF, (Structured Data Exchange Format)
* CDF – Common Data Format
* CGNS – CGNS, CFD General Notation System

FMF
– Full-Metadata Format

Meteorology

* GRIB – Grid in Binary, WMO format for weather model data
* BUFR – WMO format for weather observation data
* PP – UK Met Office format for weather model data
* NASA-Ames – Simple text format for observation data. First used in aircraft studies of the atmosphere.

Chemistry

* CML – Chemical Markup Language (CML) (.cml)
* .mol, .sd, .sdf – Chemical table file (CTab)
* .dx, .jdx – Joint Committee on Atomic and Molecular Physical Data (JCAMP)
* .smi – Simplified molecular input line entry specification (SMILES)

Mathematics

* .g6, .s6 – graph6, sparse6, ASCII encoding of Adjacency matrices

Biology

Molecular biology and bioinformatics:
*AB1 – In DNA sequencing, chromatogram files used by instruments from Applied Biosystems
*ACE – A sequence assembly format
*ASN.1 – Abstract Syntax Notation One, is an International Standards Organization ( ISO) data representation format used to achieve interoperability between platforms. NCBI uses ASN.1 for the storage and retrieval of data such as nucleotide and protein sequences, structures, genomes, and PubMed records.
*BAM – Binary Alignment/Map format (compressed SAM format)
*BCF – Binary compressed VCF format
*BED – The browser extensible display format is used for describing genes and other features of DNA sequences
*CAF – Common Assembly Format for sequence assembly
* CRAM – compressed file format for storing biological sequences aligned to a reference sequence
* DDBJ – The flatfile format used by the DDBJ to represent database records for nucleotide and peptide sequences from DDBJ databases.
* EMBL – The flatfile format used by the EMBL to represent database records for nucleotide and peptide sequences from EMBL databases.
* FASTA – The FASTA format, for sequence data. Sometimes also given as FNA or FAA (Fasta Nucleic Acid or Fasta Amino Acid).
* FASTQ – The FASTQ format, for sequence data with quality. Sometimes also given as QUAL.
* GCPROJ – The Genome Compiler project. Advanced format for genetic data to be designed, shared and visualized.
* GenBank – The flatfile format used by the NCBI to represent database records for nucleotide and peptide sequences from the GenBank and RefSeq databases
* GFF – The General feature format is used to describe genes and other features of DNA, RNA, and protein sequences
* GTF – The Gene transfer format is used to hold information about gene structure
* MAF – The Multiple Alignment Format stores multiple alignments for whole-genome to whole-genome comparison

* NCBI – Structured ASN.1 format used at National Center for Biotechnology Information for DNA and protein data
* NEXUS – The Nexus file encodes mixed information about genetic sequence data in a block structured format
* NeXML – XML format for phylogenetic trees
* NWK – The Newick tree format is a way of representing graph-theoretical trees with edge lengths using parentheses and commas and useful to hold phylogenetic trees.
* PDB – structures of biomolecules deposited in Protein Data Bank, also used to exchange protein and nucleic acid structures
* PHD – Phred output, from the base-calling software Phred
* PLN – Protein Line Notation used i
proteax softwarespecification
* SAM – SAM, Sequence Alignment Map format, in which the results of the 1000 Genomes Project will be released
* SBML – The Systems Biology Markup Language is used to store biochemical network computational models
* SCF – Staden chromatogram files used to store data from DNA sequencing
* SFF – Standard Flowgram Format
* SRA – format used by the National Center for Biotechnology Information Short Read Archive to store high-throughput DNA sequence data
* Stockholm – The Stockholm format for representing multiple sequence alignments
* Swiss-Prot – The flatfile format used to represent database records for peptide sequence">protein