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ABK

Corel Draw AutoBackup
ACL

Corel Draw 6 keyboard accelerator
ACM

Used by Windows in the system directory
ACP

Microsoft Office Assistant Preview file
ACT

Microsoft Office Assistant Actor file
ACV

OS/2 drivers that compress and decompress audio data
AD

After Dark screensaver
ADB

Appointment database used by HP 100LX organizer
ADD

OS/2 adapter drivers used in the boot process
ADM

After Dark MultiModule screensaver
ADP

Used by FaxWorks to do setup for fax modem interaction
ADR

After Dark Randomizer screensaver
AFM

Adobe font metrics
AF2

ABC Flowchart file
AF3

ABC Flowchart file
AI

Adobe Illustrator drawing
AIF

Apple Mac AIFF sound
ALB

JASC Image Commander album
ALL

Arts & Letters Library
AMS

Velvert Studio music module (MOD) file
ANC

Canon Computer Pattern Maker file that is a selectable list of pattern colors
ANI

Animated Cursor
ANS

ANSI text
API

Application Program Interface file; used by Adobe Acrobat
APR

Lotus Approach 97 file
APS

Microsoft Visual C++ file
ARC

LH ARC (old version) compressed archive
ARJ

Robert Jung ARJ compressed archive
ART

Xara Studio drawing
ART

Canon Crayola art file
ASA

Microsoft Visual InterDev file
ASC

ASCII text
ASD

WinWord AutoSave
ASM

Assembler language source file
ASP

Active Server Page (an HTML file containing a Microsoft server-processed script)
ASP

Procomm Plus setup and connection script
AST

Claris Works "assistant" file
ATT

AT&T Group 4 bitmap
AVI

Microsoft Video for Windows movie
AWD

FaxView document
BAK

Backup file
BAS

BASIC code
BAT

Batch file
BFC

Windows 95 Briefcase document
BG

Backgammon for Windows game
BI

Binary file
BIF

GroupWise initialization file
BIN

Binary file
BK

Sometimes used to denote backup versions
BK$

Also sometimes used to denote backup versions
BKS

An IBM BookManager Read bookshelf
BMK

An A bookmark file
BMP

Windows or OS/2 bitmap
BM1

Apogee BioMenace data file
BRX

A file for browsing an index of multimedia options
BSP

Quake map
BS1

Apogee Blake Stone data file
BTM

Batch file used by Norton Utilities
B4

Helix Nuts and Bolts file
C

C code
CAB

Microsoft cabinet file (program files compressed for software distribution)
CAL

CALS Compressed Bitmap
CAL

Calendar schedule data
CAS

Comma-delimited ASCII file
CAT

IntelliCharge categorization file used by Quicken
CB

Microsoft clean boot file
CCB

Visual Basic Animated Button configuration
CCF

Multimedia Viewer configuration file used in OS/2
CCH

Corel Chart
CCM

Lotus CC:Mail "box" (for example, INBOX.CCM)
CDA

CD Audio Track
CDF

Microsoft Channel Definition Format file
CDI

Phillips Compact Disk Interactive format
CDR

Core Draw drawing
CDT

Corel Draw template
CDX

Corel Draw compressed drawing
CEL

CIMFast Event Language file
CFB

Comptons Multimedia file
CFG

Configuration file
CGI

Common Gateway Interface script file
CGM

Computer Graphics Metafile
CH

OS/2 configuration file
CHK

File fragments saved by Windows Disk Defragmenter or ScanDisk
CHP

Ventura Publisher chapter
CIL

Clip Gallery download package
CIM

Sim City 200 file
CIN

OS/2 change control file that tracks changes to an INI file
CK1

iD/Apogee Commander Keen 1 data file
CK2

iD/Apogee Commander Keen 2 data file
CK3

iD/Apogee Commander Keen 3 data file
CK4

iD/Apogee Commander Keen 4 data file
CK5

iD/Apogee Commander Keen 5 data file
CK6

iD/Apogee Commander Keen 6 data file
CLASS

Java class
CLP

Windows Clipboard file
CLS

Visual Basic Class Module
CMD

Command file for Windows NT (similar to a DOS .BAT file)
CMD

DOS CP/M command file
CMD

dBase-II program file
CMF

Corel Metafile
CMP

JPEG Bitmap
CMP

Address document
CMV

Corel Move animation
CMX

Corel Presentation Exchange image
CNF

Configuration file used by Telnet, Windows, and other applications
CNM

Windows application menu options and setup file
CNQ

Compuworks Design Shop file
CNT

Windows (or other) system content files for the help index and other purposes
COB

trueSpace2 object
COD

Microsoft C compiler output as displayable assembler with original C as comments
COM

Command file (program)
CPD

Fax Cover document
CPE

Fax Cover document
CPI

Microsoft MS-DOS code page information file
CPL

Control Panel extension
CPL

Corel colour palette
CPP

C++ code
CPR

Corel Presents Presentation
CPT

Corel Photo-Paint image
CPX

Corel Presentation Exchange Compressed drawing
CRD

Cardfile file
CRP

Corel Presents Run-Time Presentation
CRT

Certificate file
CSC

Corel Script
CSP

PC Emcee On-Screen image
CSV

Comma-separated values file
CT

Scitex CT Bitmap
CTL

Used in general to mean a file containing control information.
CUE

Microsoft Cue Cards data
CUR

Windows Cursor
CUT

Dr Halo bitmap
CV

Corel Versions archive
CV

Microsoft CodeView information screen
CWK

Claris Works data file
CWS

Claris Works template
CXX

C++ source code file
DAT

Data file
DAT

WordPerfect Merge Data
DBF

Aston-Tate dBASE database
DBX

DataBeam image
DCR

Shockwave file
DCS

Desktop Color Separation file
DCX

Fax image (based on PCX)
DDF

BTRIEVE database
DEF

SmartWare II data file
DEF

C++ Definition
DER

Certificate file
DIB

Device-Independent Bitmap
DIC

Dictionary
DIF

Data Interchange Format spreadsheet
DIR

Macromedia Director file
DIZ

Description file
DLG

C++ Dialogue Script
DLL

Dynamic-Link Library
DMF

X-Trakker music module (MOD) file
DOC

FrameMaker or FrameBuilder document
DOC

WordStar document
DOC

WordPerfect document
DOC

Microsoft Word document
DOT

Microsoft Word document Template
DPR

Borland Delphi project header file
DRV

Driver
DRW

Micrografx Designer/Draw
DSG

DooM saved game
DSM

Dynamic Studio music module (MOD) file
DSP

Microsoft Developer Studio project
DSQ

Corel QUERY file
DSW

Microsoft Developer Studio workspace
DWG

AutoCAD drawing eXchange format
DXF

AutoDesk Drawing Interchange format
EMF

Enhanced Windows Metafile
ENC

Encore file
EPS

Encapsulated PostScript image
ER1

ERWin file
ERX

ERWin file
EVY

Envoy document
EWL

Microsoft Encarta document
EXE

Executable file (program)
F

FORTRAN file
F77

FORTRAN file
F90

FORTRAN file
FAR

Farandole Composer music module (MOD) file
FAV

Microsoft Outlook navigation bar
FAX

FAX Type image
FH3

Aldus Freehand 3 drawing
FIF

Fractal image file
FITS

CCD camera image
FLC

AutoDesk FLIC animation
FLI

AutoDesk FLIC animation
FLT

Corel filter
FLT

StarTrekker music module (MOD) file
FMB

Oracle binary source code for form, version 4.0 and later
FMT

Oracle text format of form, version 4.0 and later
FMT

Microsoft Schedule+ print file
FMX

Oracle executable form, version 4.0 and later
FOG

Fontographer font
FON

System font
FOR

FORTRAN file
FOT

Font-related file
FP

FileMaker Pro file
FP1

Flying Pigs for Windows data file
FP3

FileMaker Pro file
FPX

FlashPix bitmap
FRM

Form
FRM

FrameMaker or FrameBuilder document
FRM

Oracle executable form version 3.0 and earlier
FRM

Visual Basic form
FRM

WordPerfect Merge form
FRX

Visual Basic form stash file
GAL

Corel Multimedia Manager album
GCP

Ground Control Point file used in image processing of remote sensing data .
GED

Graphic Environment Document (drawing)
GEM

GEM metafile
GEN

Ventura-Generated text file
GFC

Patton&Patton Flowcharting 4 flowchart file
GFI

Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation
GFX

Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation
GID

Windows 95 global index file (containing help status)
GIF

CompuServe bitmap
GIM

Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation
GIX

Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation
GNA

Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation
GNX

Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation
GRA

Microsoft Graph
GRD

Grid file, used in image processing of remote sensing data often to form map projections.
GRP

Program Manager Group
GTK

Graoumftracker (old) music module (MOD) file
GT2

Graoumftracker (new) music module (MOD) file
GWX

Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation
GWZ

Genigraphics Graphics Link pres
H

C program header
HED

HighEdit document
HEL

Microsoft Hellbender saved game
HEX

Macintosh BinHex 2.0 file
HGL

HP Graphics Language drawing
HLP

Help file
HOG

Lucas Arts Dark Forces WAD file
HPJ

Visual Basic Help Project
HPP

C++ program header
HQX

Macintosh BinHex 4.0 file
HST

History file
HT

HyperTerminal
HTM

Hypertext document
HTML

Hypertext document
HTX

Extended HTML template
ICA

Citrix file
ICB

Targa bitmap
ICM

Image Color Matching profile file
ICO

Windows Icon
IDD

MIDI Instrument Definition
IDQ

Internet Data Query file
IFF

Amiga ILBM
IGF

Inset Systems metafile
IIF

QuickBooks for Windows interchange file
IMA

WinImage file
IMG

GEM image
INC

Assembler language or Active Server include file
INF

Information file
INI

Initialization file
INP

Oracle source code for form, version 3.0 and earlier
INS

InstallShield install script
INS

X-Internet sign-up file
ISO

Lists the files on a CD-ROM; based on the ISO 9660 CD-ROM file system standard
ISP

X-Internet sign-up file
ISU

InstallShield uninstall script
IT

Impulse Tracker music module (MOD) file
IW

Idlewild screensaver