A List Of File Formats

Here is a list of the most common file formats found on the internet:

au/aiff    Common sound file format
asp        Active server pages
avi        Audio-video file format
bin        Macbinary II encoded file
cda        Compact disk audio
doc        Microsoft word document
exe        Windows executable file
gif        Graphical interchange format
gz         Gnu version of zip. Common on Unix systems
htm/html   Hyper text markup language, web pages
jpg/jpeg   24 bit graphic format
mid/midi   Musical instrument file
mim        Multipurpose internet mail extensions
mpg/mpeg   Standard movie format
mov/qt     QuickTime movie. Apple's movie format
pdf        Portable document format. Used to publish documents
png        Graphics format similar to gif
ppt        Power Point presentation
ps         Postscript file. Used for printing documents
ra/ram     Real Audio file
rm         Real movie file
rar        Compressed file format similar to zip
sea        Stuffit self-extracting file
shtml      HTML with server side includes
sit        Stuffit archive. Compressed file
tar        Compressed files common with Unix
tiff       High quality image format
txt        Plain text file
uu/uue     Unix file used to send binary files through email
wav        Windows sound file
z          Unix compressed file format
zip        Windows compressed file format