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  • Original Plan
    ==JUST SOLVE THE PROBLEM== "Just Solve the Problem" is 30 days dedicated to solving a problem, that just needs lots of
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  • Sources
    | A vast catalog of file extensions, but the data they give is very minimal. | [[PRONOM|The PRONOM format registry]]
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  • Electronic File Formats
    * [[Enterprise software]] (ERP, CRM, and the rest of the buzzword initialism soup) * '''[[Filesystem]]''' - File systems are the protocols by which multiple files are stored and organized by an operating
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  • Audio and Music
    * For an excellent introduction to the issues around audio and video formats, see [http://www.avpreserve.com/blog/ ** [[The Musical Enlightenment]] (.tme)
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  • Document
    * [[The Newsroom|Newsroom, The]] * [[The Print Shop|Print Shop, The]] (Broderbund)
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  • Cameras and Digital Image Sensors
    Most of the software listed here is based on dcraw. * [http://opensource.samsung.com/ Samsung source code (including for their digital cameras)]
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  • HTML
    ...een "frozen" into a W3C HTML5 recommendation as of October 28, 2014, while the ongoing "living standard" is getting regular updates which in due time get ** [https://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/ HTML 2.0 specification] (see also the [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1866 RFC])
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  • EPUB
    ...h optional [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] stylesheets. Its predecessor was the [[OEB]] standard. Quoted from the IDPF web site:
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  • 3D and CAD/CAM Models
    * [[SKN/BMF]] - A 3D mesh format associated with The Sims [http://simtech.sourceforge.net/tech/bmf.html] ...s, .sbsar) -- used by Substance family of programs, and found in Substance Source library
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  • EGG
    :''For the compressed archive format, see [[EGG (ALZip)]]'' ...r the Panda3D engine. This engine is primarily used by Disney, but is open-source and available for use by anyone.
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  • Interactive Fiction
    |image=The Secret Garden.png Also known as "adventure games" or "text adventures" after the Original (Colossal Cave) Adventure.
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  • Filesystem
    ...to read any [[file]] off a digital medium — you have to be able to mount the filesystem, and thus read it, in order to be able to read a file. ...network to remote devices, but these are the native filesystems present on the storage device/medium itself.)
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  • Emulation Software
    ...s on and acts as a gateway to share resources between the host-machine and the virtualized [[Operating Systems|Operating System]]. * [[UAE]] (open source, Amiga, [http://www.winuae.net/ website of WinUAE] [http://fs-uae.net/ webs
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  • Markdown
    ...rove on this situation was done (released 2014-09) by a group unrelated to the originators of Markdown, and was originally dubbed '''Standard Markdown''' * RFC 7763: The text/markdown Media Type
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  • Statement of Project
    ...thing most projects simply don't have. Whether there will be a "Just Solve the Problem Month" in years ahead remains to be seen. ... issue that there is a lot of spread-out information about file formats in the world, and almost universal acknowledgement that there are too many to keep
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  • NES Sound Format
    ...nsfer Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) music data. NSF files consist of the original music / sound code from a NES game and some header data. ...ow storage, transfer and playback of music / sounds ripped from NES games, the format has become popular with composers of chiptunes and many original com
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  • Operating Systems
    ...ns. Operating systems (or OSs) can be proprietary or free, closed or open source, and specific to one manufacturer's hardware or portable between multiple h ...ry compatible at the user level, they are also driver compatible (allowing the use of older hardware as well).
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  • SHI
    * [http://battleofthebits.org/lyceum/View/ShroomTool ShroomTool] at Battle of the Bits. ...modland.com/pub/trackers/Windows/ShroomTool ShroomTool download] (includes source)
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  • SHO
    * [http://battleofthebits.org/lyceum/View/ShroomTool ShroomTool] at Battle of the Bits. ...modland.com/pub/trackers/Windows/ShroomTool ShroomTool download] (includes source)
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  • File identification software
    Software that automates the process of [[Identifying Files]]. ... Tika]] (cross-platform, open source, [http://tika.apache.org/ website]): "The Apache Tika™ toolkit detects and extracts metadata and structured text co
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  • DOC
    [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Word#File_formats Wikipedia says] the following four types exist There is also the closely-related [[DOT]] format used for Word templates.
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  • ZIP
    '''ZIP''' is one of the most popular file compression/archiving formats. There are many other things, related or not, whose names use the word "Zip". Only a few are listed here.
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  • ARC (compression format)
    ...rsion also existed. It supports a number of different compression schemes, the most common of which are based on [[LZW]]. ...xtracting them at the other end, leading to a rapid rise in popularity for the utility (also called ARC) and format both.
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  • E-Mail, newsgroups, and forums
    Formats for the storage or transmission of messages (singly or in groups) for electronic ma ...ssages, but often "leaking" from one service to another. Here are a few of the things to watch out for:
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  • Programming Languages
    ...or PHP code which includes HTML). Programming language code is stored as [[source code]] which may be directly interpreted by a machine or compiled or assemb * [[Source code]]
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  • DWC
    ...ression format)|ARC]] (both ARC & PKARC) and [[Zoo]] file archiving tools. The file COMPARE.DOC (in e.g. version A5.01) reports both compression and time Source code for some versions prior to A5.01 was apparently made public, but we ha
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  • Spoken Languages
    |caption=Speech, from ''Dream of the Rarebit Fiend'' (1905) ...ieved to date back 50,000 to 100,000 years, and is considered to be one of the major things that distinguish humans from animals. It long predates [[Writt
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  • Editing
    ...d, these are a relatively small set of hints or suggestions for working on the various entries. ... for them. Therefore, the priority should be to track down and acknowledge the existence of these formats, instead of slaving away making a well-known for
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  • Z-code
    ... created by Infocom, while versions 7 and 8 were created by Graham Nelson, the author of [[Inform]]. Version 6 supports sound and images. Infocom games were developed in the higher-level language [[ZIL]], which was compiled into Z-code using a compi
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  • ADRIFT
    ...x, freeware, [http://www.adrift.co/cgi/adrift.cgi?page=download website]): The official ADRIFT interpreter * SCARE (cross-platform, open source, [https://sites.google.com/site/scarehome/ website])
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  • ELECTONE
    The following information is lifted from [[http://serge45.free.fr/electone/]] a See the [[MDR (Floppy Disk)|MDR]] disk format.
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  • Help files
    Formats specific to the storage and transmission of Help files. * [[Document#Documentation combined with source code]]
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  • CML
    :''This article is about Chemical Markup Language; the compressed binary form of HTML used in PalmOS is at [[Compressed Markup Lan ...hemas and other information are now hosted on [http://cml.sourceforge.net/ the CML SourceForge pages].
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  • CSV
    '''CSV''' (Comma Separated Values) is a text-based format typically used for the storage or exchange of database-like records. In Microsoft Windows systems, ... is used to surround any field which contains non-alphanumeric characters. The quote character is typically " but is often '.
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  • PPT
    ...had the same file format name and extension (.ppt), but were incompatible. The file format specifications for PowerPoint 4.0 and earlier versions are not PPT (97-2003) files can be read by the Open Source OpenOffice and LibreOffice suites; included objects from other Microsoft ap
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  • PPTX
    ...oft PowerPoint]] as of PowerPoint 2007. The format can be read by the Open Source OpenOffice and LibreOffice suites. The file extension is .pptx and the approved MIME type is application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.present
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  • File creation software
    ... examination of the source code is often the best option for understanding the actual format of any files created with that software.
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  • Audio software
    * [[Audacity]] (cross-platform, open source, [http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ website]) * [[FFmpeg]] (cross-platform, open source, [https://ffmpeg.org/ website])
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  • ASCII
    ...ary character encodings until [[Unicode]] brought some order to the chaos. The 128 characters of ASCII are incorporated into Unicode in their ASCII code p ... not the ones that are in the spots usually used by lowercase). This makes the conversion of text files created on or for Commodore computers a challenge.
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  • Executables
    * [[COFF]] — The Common Object File Format, an executable format originally designed for use ...hine-independent code that loads or runs more quickly than raw interpreted source code; runs in an interpreter
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  • Python
    ...ack-ends, including Linux, Apache, and MySQL, notable for being free, open-source software in contrast to proprietary technologies such as those from Microso ...hing to do with the safety of this language, honest! Actually, the name of the language was inspired by [[Wikipedia:Monty Python|Monty Python]], not any a
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  • ReStructuredText/spec
    :Copyright: This document has been placed in the public domain. reStructuredText, please read `A ReStructuredText Primer`_ and the
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  • Mm
    ...he [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page FreeMind Open Source software application]. Tools and mechanisms for [http://freemind.sourceforg ...mind/freemind.xsd?pathrev=fm_0_9_0_beta2&revision=1.1.2.4]. The schema for the latest development version as of November 2012 is identical.
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  • JSON
    .... [[I-JSON]] is a restricted profile of JSON for Internet use developed by the IETF. [[JSON Web Tokens]], [[JSON Web Encryption]], and [[JSON Web Signatur ...lowed unless the only number before the decimal point is a single zero, or the number is equal to zero. (Other formats and programming languages may call
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  • Inform
    ... source code files are standard text files. In versions prior to Inform 7, the language is a traditional programming language. In Inform 7, a new "natural * .inf: the standard extension for an Inform source code file in a version earlier than Inform 7.
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  • Glulx
    ...eliminate some limitations of the original [[Z-code]] format, most notably the file size limit. Glulx files may be stand-alone or they may be included in ...bytes are the ASCII characters "Glul". For Glulx files compiled by Inform, the ASCII characters "Info" are found at offset 36.
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  • Fig
    ...r figures supported by the Xfig drawing package ([[X Window System]]), and the Transfig suite, which transforms .fig files into other formats suitable for ...istribution includes specifications for several versions of Fig format, in the "doc" directory.
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  • IFF
    :''This article is about the generic IFF metaformat. For the IFF '''image format''', see [[ILBM]]. For Sun IFF, see [[Sun TAAC image]].' ...) is a general-purpose binary file format introduced by Electronic Arts on the Commodore Amiga computer in 1985. It is sometimes known as '''IFF 85'''.
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  • Spark
    ...hives were often used to transfer data in a form that could be unpacked by the freely redistributable SparkPlug tool. ...m ARC are that the high bit of the ''compression method'' byte is set, and the member file header has an additional 12 bytes, for RISC OS file attributes.
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  • Fuchs Tracker
    A module format used in the Commodore Amiga game "Century" by Claudio Pitrella & Andreas Fuchs. * [http://asle.free.fr/prowiz/ Prowizard for PC] (cross-platform, source available)
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  • Source code
    |thiscat=Source code ...rce, source code needs to be compiled or assembled into [[executables]] in the target machine code (possibly passing through intermediate stages of object
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  • JP2
    [[JP2]] is the baseline image file format defined by the [[JPEG 2000]] standard. It encapsulates a [[JPEG 2000 codestream]]. ...hotoshop]]) produce [[JPX]] (JPEG 2000 Part 2) images that erroneously use the above byte sequence, which makes them (superficially) indistinguishable fro
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  • Crtemplate
    ...ge describes the xxxxx file format, xxxxx (include brief information about the format, including name(s) by which it is commonly known. Include link to any authoritative web site(s) about the format, particularly the prime sponsor, and if possible a direct link to a specification, schema etc
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  • EAS3
    This page describes the EAS3 file format. It is the product of a toolkit intended to help transfer floating point data between ...rmat was designed by the Institut für Aerodynamik und Gasdynamik (IAG) of the Universität Stuttgart, and is described in their [https://www.iag.uni-stut
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  • PDF
    As well as the 'full function' ISO 32000-1:2008 (or PDF 1.7), there are also PDF/X, PDF/A, PDF profiles (formalized subsets) include the following:
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  • TADS
    ...Michael J. Roberts. [[TXT|Plain text]] source code files are created using the TADS programming language, and then compiled into a system-independent game ...ete redesign of the system and is incompatible with previous versions. See the [[TADS 3]] page for more information.
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  • Wiki markup
    ...ipedia is the most popular (using the [[MediaWiki]] software which is open-source and also used on many other wikis), but there are many others. While an inc ...omatically hyperlinks anything typed in CamelCase, with capital letters in the middle of a word.)
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  • Development
    |image=At the Computer 06.png See also: [[Source code]], [[Executables]]
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  • Game data files
    ...all of these can be enumerated here in some way or another. And as long as the games can still be run by an [[Emulation_Software|Emulator]] it's not that * [[FAR (The Sims)]]
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  • ARJ
    ...ple disks/volumes, fine-tuning of the compression algorithms used based on the data that was being compressed, recovery records to recover from simple tra ...u wish to use or research the official ARJ software, be aware that some of the free/evaluation and beta versions of ARJ and ARJ32 have a hard-coded expira
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  • PSD
    ...er graphics file format of the [[Photoshop|Adobe Photoshop]] program line. The format has gone through multiple versions, each being downwards (but not al ...d proprietary format. It is very large and complex. Despite this, decoding the primary image of a PSD file is often fairly simple. If an application claim
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  • AIFF
    AIFF chunks provide native metadata. In addition, although it is not in the specification, an [[ID3]] chunk is often used to include ID3V2 metadata. *McGill University also has lots of info on the format [http://www-mmsp.ece.mcgill.ca/Documents/AudioFormats/AIFF/AIFF.html
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  • TADS 3
    ...Michael J. Roberts. [[TXT|Plain text]] source code files are created using the TADS 3 programming language, and then compiled into a system-independent ga ... is not compatible with previous versions. See [[TADS]] for information on the older system.
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  • GIF
    ...downloaded on that service. Since the specifications were openly released, the format gained wide use in graphics software and on online services and bull ...d become widespread on the Web as well. The patent in question expired in the US in 2003, and in other countries in 2004, so it is no longer an issue.
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  • Hugo
    ...into a system-independent game file. Hugo source code files typically have the extension .hug. Compiled game files can be played on any system that has an ...timedia resources are normally in separate files, and are distributed with the compiled .hex file in an [[Compression|archive]] file.
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  • XCF
    ...file format for [[GIMP]] (GNU Image Manipulation Program). It supports all the possible information about an image, including layers and transparency, exc The first 9 bytes of an XCF file are the ASCII string "<code>gimp xcf </code>".
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  • Flexible Image Transport System
    The format is fundamentally rather simple; indeed it is simple enough that a ba ... to 70 characters. There are some standards, and several conventions, for the choices of keyword. These conventions generally interoperate well, but rea
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  • UltraCompressor II
    ...ompressor II''' (UC2) is a 1990s-era compression and archiving program for the PC platform (DOS, Windows, OS/2, DesqView) which claimed to be both faster Some versions (the Pro versions?) of UC2 include UC2SEA, a utility for making self-extracting
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  • JPEG
    ...ter the Joint Photographic Experts Group, the organization which developed the format. It is sometimes called '''JPEG1''', '''JPEG-1''', or '''JPEG 1992'' ''(In which we discuss the tired old question of whether JPEG is a file format, or a compression stand
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  • DROID
    ... to be confused with [[Android]] or Motorola DROID smartphone. They're not the DROIDs you're looking for!'' ...atures. Signatures are stored in an [[XML]] signature file generated from the [[PRONOM]] technical registry. DROID offers both a commandline interface an
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  • MAME
    ... thousand different classic arcade video games from the late 1970s through the modern era. Source:
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  • Soundtrakker 128 module
    ...odules created by Soundtrakker 128, one of the most popular music tools on the Amstrad CPC. Soundtrakker 128 is (in most cases) compatible with [[SNG]] fi ... discussion links to a now-dead site allegedly containing the Soundtrakker source code. Might be worth trying to track that down if it's available.
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  • FDI
    An early PC based disk image format created by the shareware Disk2FDI Program. * Source code in [http://git.redump.net/mame/tree/src/lib/formats/fdi_dsk.c MESS] to
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  • TD0
    ... multiple parts; in this case, the second part will have a .TD1 extension, the third .TD2, and so on. In practice split disk images are extremely rare. * MESS [https://git.redump.net/mame/tree/src/lib/formats/td0_dsk.cpp source code] for reading TD0 files
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  • IPF
    ...) any encoding, sector format and [[copy protection]] that can be found in the wild. The documentation implies that IPF files start with "{{magic|CAPS}}" {{magic|0x
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  • Magnetic tape
    ...orextapediaUndertheMicroscopeOct68_10523866 Magnetic Recording Media Under the Microscope (October 1968)] ...gnetic-scrolls-games-source-code-recovered Magnetic Scrolls Original Games Source Code Recovered!]
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  • DWG
    '''DWG''' ('''AutoCAD Drawing''') is the native binary file format for AutoDesk CAD products ([[AutoCAD]], etc.). * [http://www.gnu.org/software/libredwg/ LibreDWG], GNU source code to read/write DWG files
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  • MAT
    ...e], an open source alternative to Matlab, should be able to read and write the format as well. Scientific computing packages [http://numpy.scipy.org/ NumP ... unique 'magic' byte pattern that would allow easy identification, whereas the header of a Level 5 file includes a descriptive text field that could be us
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  • Nikon
    ...a can be either 12- or 14-bit (from 2005's D200 onwards), and depending on the camera may be uncompressed, losslessly compressed, or lossily compressed. * [http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/scan.c C-source of NEF reader from Dave Coffin's homepage]
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  • File command
    The <code>file</code> command is a file format identification utility that has The [https://manpages.debian.org/man1/file Debian manpage] gives an overview of
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  • YM
    ...arious sources around the net, it looks like '''there's an ambiguity about the YM file format specs and its file extensions'''. ... files itself hold the Magic ID of "YMST" at the start (byte offset 0x00), the file prefix/extension given is "YM".
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  • D-Lusion Music File
    :''"DMF" redirects here. For the floppy disk format, see [[DMF (Distribution Media Format)]].'' ... presumed dead (although it was apparently in closed beta, so some files / source may remain in existence).
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  • FLAC
    ...LAC-encoded audio is usually found either in a native container (which has the extension <code>.flac</code>), or in an [[Ogg]] container (when it's known The format is open and royalty-free. The reference implementation is cross-platform and dual-licensed, command-line
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  • ACE
    ...eACE, ACE Compression Library (ACL). At least one version of UnAce is open source. Version 2 of the format introduced new compression schemes that are not supported by all ACE
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  • RAR
    '''RAR''' (Roshal Archive) is a compressed archive format used by the compression software RAR and WinRAR. It was originally for DOS, but has bee ...ith a license provision that "You cannot use the unrar source to re-create the RAR compression algorithm, which is proprietary."
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  • HLP (WinHelp)
    ...dditional software downloads. The format was abandoned to encourage use of the newer [[CHM]] (compiled HTML) help format. ...010/07/detailed-description-of-winhelp-file.html A detailed description of the WinHelp file format]
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  • PSI-MI XML
    This page describes the PSI-MI XML file format, also known as MIF. The PSI MI format is a data exchange format for molecular interactions. ...Standards Initiative site, see the [http://psidev.info/mif specification]. The current version is 2.5.
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  • MITAB
    This stub page describes the MITAB file format, derived from the tabular format provided by BioGrid. The MITAB25 format is part of the [[PSI-MI XML]] 2.5 standard. The sponsor is the Protemics Standard Initiative.
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  • Pro Tracker v1.xx module
    ...to be confused with [[Amiga Module|.mod]] files produced by Protracker for the Commodore Amiga). ...um.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0021756 Pro Tracker v1.1] ([[TRD]] disk image for the ZX Spectrum)
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  • Pro Tracker v2.xx module
    ...to be confused with [[Amiga Module|.mod]] files produced by Protracker for the Commodore Amiga). ...oseekid.cgi?id=0021756 Pro Tracker v2.101 & v2.4] ([[TRD]] disk images for the ZX Spectrum)
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  • Pro Tracker v3.xx module
    ...to be confused with [[Amiga Module|.mod]] files produced by Protracker for the Commodore Amiga). ...m.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0021756 Pro Tracker v3.51] ([[TRD]] disk image for the ZX Spectrum)
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  • PSI-PAR
    ...par page describing PSI-PAR] says there are no changes to the structure of the [[PSI-MI XML2.5]] schema, although some schema element descriptions have be ...clude link to any authoritative web site(s) about the format, particularly the prime sponsor, and if possible a direct link to a specification, schema etc
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  • MzML
    ...developed by PSI and [[mzXML]] developed by the Seattle Proteome Center at the Institute for Systems Biology. The current version is mzML version 1.1, releaseed in 2009.
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  • MP3
    '''MP3''' is the name commonly given to the audio formats specified by [[MPEG-1]] Layer III and [[MPEG-2]] Layer III, s ...ok until 2017, however, due to some "submarine patents" which were kept in the application process for years, extending their expiration dates. A modified
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  • JHOVE
    ...icial project of the Open Preservation Foundation. JHOVE is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License. JHOVE2 was intended as a successor to JHOVE, but it does not support all the same formats, so both are in use.
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  • File Information Tool Set
    ...e tools, normalizes and consolidates their output, and reports any errors. The tools which it incorporates include JHOVE, Exiftool, National Library of Ne There is no link between this tool set and the long-established [[Flexible Image Transport System|FITS]] format.
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  • CFX
    ...gid=e8s1p9%24amc%2403$1%40news.t-online.com announcement in comp.os.cpm]). The latter version is available widely as CFX13.ZIP, in particular at: ...s/cfx13.zip cfx13.zip] contains DOS executable and portable C source code (the latter should allow compilation for other platforms such as Unix, but it's
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  • CP/M file system
    The [[CP/M]] operating system had an associated file system format. Some salient features of the CP/M filesystem (see also [[Wikipedia:CP/M#File system|Wikipedia]]):
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  • DNA
    ...e primary biological method of storing genetic material in organisms. With the exception of some viruses which only have [[RNA]], all known life forms hav ...perty-mgmt-group-uses-dog-dna-to-find-careless-owners/ which dog pooped on the lawn].
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  • RNA
    ... of the thymine (T) found in DNA. With this one-on-one correspondence, all the information contained in DNA can be encoded in RNA and vice versa. ...lex and stable a manner as modern-day "life as we know it" which separates the functions of genetic material and protein folding.
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  • ARC (Internet Archive)
    ... giving the original location (URL) from which the data was retrieved, and the archive date. The '''Internet Archive ARC''' format has a successor format, [[WARC]] (ISO 285
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  • Zoo
    ...eloped by Rahul Dhesi. It was one of the many competing archive formats in the 1980s, and was based (originally) on [[LZW]] compression. It had some popul The Zoo software encompassed several different utilities, which were sometimes
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  • Tokenized BASIC
    |subcat=Source code ... compilers may generate intermediate data that is tokenized in some way in the course of producing executable code from text-based sources.
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  • AAS
    ...r both run in Java. The game source is an XML file that is run directly by the interpreter. ...rg/web/20100117174742/http://diden.net/if/aas AAS homepage]: an archive of the original hoax site
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  • AGT
    * AGiliTy (cross-platform, open source, [http://ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXprogrammingXagtXagility.html IF A * [http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXgamesXagt.html Examples in the IF Archive]
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  • PCRaster Map
    ... is mainly used in the environmental sciences (e.g. geography, hydrology). The software has its own binary (raster) format that is used for storing 2-D ge ...designating time step numbers in time series of maps, with the effect that the extension is often a (variable) number (e.g. '.001', '.999').
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  • AdvSys
    ...[Interactive Fiction]] development system written by David Betts. AdvSys [[source code]] files can be created using a [[TXT|plain text]] editor, and then com * .ADV: the main source code module for an AdvSys game
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  • Disk Imploder
    ...pressed disk files, and .dex for the self-extracting version that includes the program code to decompress them. ...et.net/package/util/pack/im-tools im-tools] (Public Domain with portable C source, unpacks Imploder executables, Disk Imploder, File Imploder)
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  • ACQ
    ...n which each channel can have its own sampling rate (expressed relative to the file's master sampling rate). In addition, each channel may be integer or f ... In the uncompressed file format, channel data is interleaved together; in the compressed format, each channel is stored as its own array, compressed by [
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  • BRIK/HEAD
    ...a, or "voxel" data -- in essence, pixels with a value in three dimensions. The AFNI format also supports time-series data, or multiple values at each voxe ...voxel data, while the .HEAD file contains the metadata needed to interpret the data.
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  • DICOM
    ...d.html 20-part specification] detailing the file format and its ecosystem. The IANA has assigned TCP and UDP port 104 to DICOM-related traffic. ...rmed into a 3-dimensional image; however, some manufacturers have extended the standard to save 3 or even 4-dimensional images in a "mosaic" format.
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  • PHP
    '''PHP''' is a widely-used general-purpose open source scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be ...ion '''.php'''. The syntax rules allow [[HTML]] code to be intermixed with the PHP code; some PHP files are mostly static HTML with a few PHP commands emb
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  • MS-DOS
    ...] and later systems built on it such as [[Windows XP]] and its successors, the low-level operating system kernel was fully integrated to a system that was ...he next piece(s) of the path; relative names can be specified by excluding the drive letter and colon and first backslash.
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  • AGSC Audio File
    .agsc files are used to store audio data for the Metroid Prime games for the Nintendo Gamecube. * [http://fossies.org/dox/xbmc-11.0/agsc_8c_source.html vgmstream agsc.c source]
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  • Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis
    ...connected and searched via themes, keywords, etc. It is most often used in the social sciences. ...ub.com/airbnb/caravel Caravel: data exploration/visualation platform, open-source]
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  • ANSI Art
    ...ystems in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and in other communities through the early 2000s. It is still being made in small quantities today. ...text with ANSI control sequences), and sometimes to the artwork itself. In the latter sense, "ANSI Art" graphics might be stored in a file format other th
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  • Statistica
    ...current (2012) release is [[Statistica|STATISTICA]] 11. It was preceded by the package [[CSS_Software|CSS]] (Complete Statistical System), which was first The following file formats are used by [[Statistica|STATISTICA]]:
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  • IMD
    ...sed disk imaging utility capable of working with most anything readable by the uPD765 floppy controller on IBM PCs and compatibles. * [http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/img/index.htm Binaries and source code for ImageDisk]
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  • Ext:ds-store
    ...e used by the macOS system that stores information about folders viewed in the graphical interface. ''Source: [[PRONOM]]''
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  • INTERCAL
    ...ater versions added the infamous '''COME FROM''' statement, the inverse of the more common '''GO TO''' (which was "considered harmful" in a [http://www.u. In the original version, all numeric input was done with spelled-out numbers, whil
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  • TRAC programming language
    ...onfused with a bunch of other things named TRAC or Trac, including an open-source bug-tracker.'' ...basic elements of LISP are lists, TRAC is based around text strings. Since the operators of TRAC are themselves text strings, programs are able to be self
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  • Monkey's Audio
    Monkey's Audio is an audio file format offering lossless compression. It uses the file extension '''.ape''' for compressed audio files and '''[[Monkey's Audi * [http://www.monkeysaudio.com/developers.html Monkey's Audio SDK (including source code)]
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  • Ogg
    ...r format, most commonly used with [[Vorbis]] and other codecs developed by the Xiph.Org Foundation. ...o encoding. The .spx extension should be used for an Ogg audio file using the [[Speex]] codec.
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  • Pegasus Mail
    :''This article is about the e-mail software; for the unrelated spyware, see [[Pegasus]].'' ...out needing to install anything into its operating system or hard disk, so the program and data for Pegasus can be stored on a thumb drive or other movabl
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  • Slight Atari Player
    ...ormat for playback of any Atari 8-bit music (specifically, any music using the Atari POKEY sound chip) on PC. ...sourceforge.net/ ASAP - Another Slight Atari Player] (cross-platform, open source)
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  • Softlib
    ...itself), and various self-extracting installers for Softdisk products used the Softlib format for their compressed data. ...rsion information including the version of Softlib that was used to create the archive.
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  • Perl
    ...neral-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. In the 1990s it became very popular for web scripting, though other languages have ...ack-ends, including Linux, Apache, and MySQL, notable for being free, open-source software in contrast to proprietary technologies such as those from Microso
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  • Creative Music Format
    ...turally related to [[MIDI]], but allows custom instruments to be stored in the file itself. * [http://www.shikadi.net/utils/xmms.html xmms-adlib] (source only)
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  • DOSBox Raw OPL
    DOSBox Raw OPL (DRO) files are used by the [[DOSBox]] emulator to store captured OPL data. * [http://adplug.sourceforge.net/ AdPlug / AdPlay] (cross-platform, open source)
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  • Id Software Music Format
    The id Software Music Format (IMF) stores raw data sent to sound cards with an ...shikadi.net/utils/cmf2imf cmf2imf] ([[Creative Music Format|CMF]] to IMF), source available).
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  • ALAC
    ...ess audio compression, with the data being stored in an [[MP4]] container. The format was open-sourced by Apple in 2011. ...://alac.macosforge.org/trac/browser/trunk Apple Lossless encoder & decoder source]
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  • WavPack
    [[WavPack]] is a compressed audio file format, and associated open source software. ... way to reduce the sample precision if desired, to make it a lossy format. The "lost" information does not have to be thrown away; in "hybrid" mode it is
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  • APL
    ...1957 and published in a book called ''A Programming Language'', from which the language's name came. ...Even in modern times, when the special characters are available as part of the Unicode set, actually typing them can be difficult without a specialized ed
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  • AC1D-DC1A Packer
    ...he demo group "Anarchy". It was originally used in Anarchy's 1992 demo "In the Kitchen", and has been used in a number of Commodore Amiga games. * [http://xmp.sourceforge.net/ Extended Module Player] (cross-platform, open source)
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  • Digital Illusions
    ...mmodore Amiga games - "Pinball Dreams" and "Pinball Fantasies", as well as the Amiga CD32 version of "Pinball Fantasies" * [http://asle.free.fr/prowiz/ Prowizard for PC] (cross-platform, source available)
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  • Eureka Packer module
    A Commodore Amiga module packer created by Eureka of the demo group Concept. * [http://asle.free.fr/prowiz/ Prowizard for PC] (cross-platform, source available)
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  • TAK
    ...mat developed by Thomas Becker. It is free for non-commercial use, but the source code is still closed.
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  • Art of Noise module
    ... modules produced by the Art of Noise tracker (also known as "Chorus") for the Commodore Amiga. ....comlab.uni-rostock.de/~bj/software/eagleplayer/ Eagleplayer] (Amiga, open source)
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  • 7z
    ...and data compression, developed by Igor Pavlov. It is the native format of the [[7-Zip]] archiving application. The 7z format defines many compression methods. The ones normally used are [[LZMA2]] (default for 7-Zip 9.30 alpha ), [[LZMA]]
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  • Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format
    ...-ers cope with it). When saved elsewhere as archives or samples, sometimes the .tnef file extension is used. * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/tnef/ TNEF]: An open source TNEF decoder utility
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  • H.264
    ...ards such as this one are known as "codecs" (for "coder-decoders") because the encode and decode video data. They are an essential part of any system that ... to have the product's installer download the executable from Cisco during the install process, rather than including it directly in your own product (whe
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  • CP/M
    ...ilog Z-80, and compatible 8-bit microprocessors. Its user interface showed the influence of Digital Equipment Corporation's operating systems. .../atchm/early-digital-research-cpm-source-code/ Early Digital Research CP/M Source Code]
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  • Chrome bookmarks
    ...ogle\Chrome\User Data\Default'''. A backup copy of the previous version of the file is saved in '''Bookmarks.bak'''. ...in a bookmark entry include "date added", "id", "name", "type", and "url". The "id" values are numeric, probably assigned sequentially as bookmarks are ad
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  • Comic Book Archive
    ...[ZIP]], [[RAR]], [[Tape Archive|TAR]], [[ACE]], or [[7z]]. Finally, change the file extension to signify a comic book archive: ...store archived scans of various magazines. Their scans use TIFF format and the file size can be huge (gigabytes for a single issue); these might not load
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  • BASIC
    ..." low-level language of computers, which it isn't ([[machine language]] is the low-level language; BASIC is a higher-level interpreted language running on ...oating Point BASIC, developed by Microsoft, which also created a number of the other BASICs of that era.
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  • Crunch
    :''This article is about the CP/M compressed file format. See the [[#Disambiguation|disambiguation section]] for other "Crunch" formats.'' ...hed files were common in [[LBR]] archives. The underlying compression uses the [[LZW]] algorithm, combined with [[run-length encoding]].
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  • Game Boy Sound
    ...Game Boy Colour]] ROM image, combined with a header. It is the succesor of the earlier [[GBR]] format which had a smaller header. ...d to ask] - playback of Game Boy Sound files requires emulation of some of the original hardware.
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  • Bonk
    ...s and the source code is just above 1000 lines. The implementation is open source using a GPL license. It is not under active development - the latest version (0.6) is from 2002.
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  • Robots Exclusion Standard
    ...It does, however, cause the effective "retroactive" removal of a site from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, since it will refuse to display pages (ev ...ored, so don't count as blank lines for the purpose of ending a section of the file.
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  • FFmpeg
    '''FFmpeg''' is an open source software project whose main purpose is to convert video and audio formats. The <code>ffmpeg</code> utility has many options. In simplest form, to convert
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  • Squeeze
    :''Distinct from [[Squeeze It]] (SQZ). See the [[#Disambiguation|disambiguation section]] for more similarly-named formats ...e letter of the extension with Q (.?Q? -- so FOO.TXT became FOO.TQT), with the extension .QQQ used for corner cases such as a blank extension. Some softwa
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  • CrLZH
    ...t is often referred to as just '''LZH''', but it's not to be confused with the format used for [[LHA|.lzh]] files. ...formats. LZH files occurred standalone and as members in [[LBR]] archives. The underlying compression is based on that used by [[LHArc]].
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  • CrLZH/LZHREL.DOC
    A document LZHREL.DOC including some information on the [[CrLZH]] format (buried in information about interfacing with a library fi UNLZH.REL and CRLZH.REL contain assembly language routines for the decoding
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  • File Imploder
    '''File Imploder''' is a format used on the Amiga to compress single files. ...et.net/package/util/pack/im-tools im-tools] (Public Domain with portable C source, unpacks Imploder executables, Disk Imploder, File Imploder)
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  • Future Composer v1.x module
    ...les are modules created by Future Composer v1.x, a tracker for [[MS-DOS]]. The '''.fc13''' and '''.fc14''' extensions may sometimes be used to denote modu ...omlab.uni-rostock.de/~bj/software/eagleplayer/ Eagleplayer] (AmigaOS, open source)
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  • FAT
    '''FAT''' (File Allocation Table) is a family of filesystem formats. It was the main filesystem of [[MS-DOS]], early versions of [[Windows]], and other sys * [[fuse-exFAT]] (open-source clone of exFAT)
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  • Torrent file
    ...btained in lots of little pieces spread over many nodes. A torrent file is the first thing you need to obtain before getting a file from BitTorrent; these Torrent files are serialized using the [[Bencode]] system, and contain these keys:
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  • APL workspace
    |subcat=Source code ...programs) and variables (scalars, vectors, and matrices). The workspace is the basic thing that is loaded, saved, and transferred in order for APL program
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  • Bsdiff
    ...e this continues. Supposedly bsdiff generates more compact diff files than the high-priced proprietary [[RTPatch]] system.
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  • Twitter
    ...services go away). Some of the conventions of the service are discussed in the article on [[Hashtags, at-signs, retweets, etc.]] ... [http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2012/12/16/twitter-has-started-rolling-out-the-option-to-download-all-your-tweets/ started rolling out] a feature to permi
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  • CDMA phone data
    ...chnologies that have been used for mobile phones. One such implementation, the Qualcomm CDMA chipset, is used on some phone models from Samsung, LG, and o * [http://bitpim.org/ BitPim] is an open-source program for Windows to download data from CDMA phones.
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  • Pack (Unix)
    The gzip source code mentions an "old pack format" that begins with {{magic|0x1F 0x1F}}. See also [[compress (Unix)#The 0x1f compression family]].
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  • Onyx Music File
    ...Onyx Music File format is a [[Amiga Module|MOD-like]] audio format used in the 1993 [[MS-DOS]] musicdisk "Jangle" by Onyx. * [ftp://ftp.scene.org/mirrors/hornet/music/disks/1993/jangle.zip The original musicdisk]
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  • Bitcoin
    ...waiting for its [[Lotus 1-2-3|Lotus]], [[XLS|Excel]], or what comes after: the eighth type of ambiguity: nonsense currency if unlinked to power.'' ...e algorithms are defined such that the rate of coin issuance declines over the years until it tops out at a total money supply of 21 million bitcoins, unl
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  • PAQ
    ...of data without regard for retaining the ability to compress or decompress the files created by earlier versions. Since PAQ is open-source, there have been "forks" producing yet more adapted and incompatible versio
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  • Piston Collage song
    ... "Pixel", the Japanese programmer behind Cave Story. It is an evolution of the music engine used for Cave Story, [[Organya]]. ...org/web/20130313054353/http://pistonsource.iiichan.net/indexen.html PiSTON SOURCE] a netlabel releasing music created with Piston Collage
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  • KGB Archiver
    ...e [[ZIP]] format, but also has its own native KGB format which is based on the algorithm of [[PAQ|PAQ6]]. This format is designed for high compression rat It doesn't appear to spy on you like its namesake in the old Soviet Union.
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  • GW-BASIC tokenized file
    |subcat=Source code ...W-BASIC (with varying claims existing about what the GW stands for, either the initials of a Microsoft employee (Greg Whitten) involved in adapting it fro
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  • Organya
    ...tes music in this format, both for standalone play and for use in mods for the game. ...rgs in Java] contains notes on the '''.org''' format specs, as well as the source code for a Java Organya player.
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  • Commodore BASIC tokenized file
    |subcat=Source code ...pected to be used for serious stuff). The Commodore 128 had BASIC 7.0, and the Commodore 16 (PAL) had BASIC 3.5.
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  • BBC BASIC tokenized file
    |subcat=Source code ...and modified from BASIC. The end address of the current program is held by the TOP variable.
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  • Apple Integer BASIC tokenized file
    |subcat=Source code ...able to be loaded from tape or disk. Subsequent Apple models starting with the Apple II+ had Applesoft BASIC in ROM, so Integer BASIC went out of use.
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  • Applesoft BASIC tokenized file
    |subcat=Source code ...Applesoft II Floating Point BASIC in 1978, which is the most-used version. The later Apple III Business BASIC was based on Applesoft.
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  • Atari BASIC tokenized file
    |subcat=Source code ...luding its manner of tokenization) differ greatly from the other BASICs of the time.
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  • MBASIC tokenized file
    |subcat=Source code ...al Altair BASIC from Microsoft, adapted for the [[CP/M]] operating system. The various BASICs descended from that starting point were generically known as
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  • TRS-80 Color BASIC tokenized file
    |subcat=Source code ...om 1980 through 1991, with a different processor and operating system from the other TRS-80 models. It also had its own BASIC, which, like most BASICs of
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  • Exidy Sorcerer BASIC tokenized file
    |subcat=Source code ...apted, like many BASICs, from Microsoft BASIC), which, like most BASICs of the time, stored its commands in tokenized form.
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  • NASCOM BASIC tokenized file
    |subcat=Source code '''NASCOM''' was yet another early personal computer model from the late 1970s, with a set of tokens bearing a "family resemblance" to others.
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  • Ohio Scientific BASIC tokenized file
    |subcat=Source code '''Ohio Scientific''' was an early microcomputer manufacturer of the mid-1970s through early 1980s. They had a version of BASIC adapted from Mic
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  • TRS-80 Level II BASIC tokenized file
    |subcat=Source code ...m Tiny BASIC and stored its programs in plain text form, not tokenized. On the other hand, Level II BASIC used tokenized storage similarly to most other B
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  • Tiny BASIC tokenized file
    |subcat=Source code ...esigned to run on very little memory on such simple machines as the KIM-1. The ''Dr. Dobb's Journal'' magazine was initially launched to discuss this lang
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  • Compucolor BASIC tokenized file
    |subcat=Source code ...e was an adapted version of Microsoft BASIC (as was true of many BASICs of the time).
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  • Sol BASIC tokenized file
    |subcat=Source code ... was the more compact (but less transferable) tokenized form. On cassette, the low-level format was [[Kansas City Standard data cassette|Kansas City stand
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  • Freeze/Melt
    ...nix-style operating systems. '''Melt''' is the corresponding decompressor. The format is sometimes called "'''frozen'''". It was developed by Leonid A. Br Freeze/Melt uses [[LZ77 with Huffman coding]]. The compressed data format is similar in design to that of [[LHA]]'s "lh" compr
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  • Epic Megagames MASI
    ... the games listed above use the PSM New Format, with only Silverball using the older PSM 16. ...oTracker Studio 16", but that this may not be the official designation for the format.
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  • Contactless smart card
    ...eral areas, particularly transit fare collection (e.g., the Oyster card of the London tube and buses). * [https://github.com/OpenSC Open source smart card tools (GitHub)]
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  • HMI
    ...rating System as the MIDI system and is used in several PC games including The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, Carmageddon and Tex Murphy: Overseer. HMI files begin with the ID string "HMI-MIDISONG061595"
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  • WMA Lossless
    ...t on the (lossy) [[WMA]] format. It is one of the four codecs supported by the Windows Media Audio Encoder. ...released, it has been reverse-engineered and both ffmpeg and libav support the format to some degree.
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  • Musepack Audio
    ...ay have the extensions '''.mp+''' or '''.mpp'''. It was initially based on the [[MPEG-1 Audio Layer II]] format but many features have been added during d
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  • JCalG1
    ...tly exists as a "small, open-source, LZSS derived compression library" for the Windows platform, intended to be embedded in other programs.
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  • Speex
    ...le the Speex codec and source is still available, it has been obsoleted by the [[Opus]] codec. ...tributed as a single stream (where it normally was given .spx extension in the event being saved to disk), and inside an [[Ogg]] container.
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  • Rich Music Format
    ...s a proprietary audio file format designed by Beatnik, Inc. for their open-source miniBAE sound engine to allow simultaneous playback of MIDI and digitized a ...ub.com/heyigor/miniBAE] The miniBAE source code. Includes documentation on the RMF format.
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  • StuffIt
    ...also produced more compact archives than its main competitor [[PackIt]] at the time it was first released in 1987, when its author, Raymond Lau, was still The makers of StuffIt have also released the newer format [[StuffIt X]].
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  • StuffIt X
    ...oftware released for both Mac and Windows platforms. Like its predecessor, the StuffIt X format is proprietary. Known files begin with "{{magic|StuffIt!}}". According to The Unarchiver source code, they can also begin with "{{magic|StuffIt?}}".
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  • PackIt
    '''PackIt''' was for a time in the mid-1980s the leading archiver for the Macintosh platform, until it was eclipsed by [[StuffIt]]. It was developed ...ple files into one file with no compression, it later added compression in the form of [[Huffman coding]]. Encryption was also supported, but not much use
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  • Opus-CBCS
    ... program that runs under MS-DOS. It was popular from the mid-1980s through the 1990s. ...Fido, though over time some of them diverged in later Opus versions (e.g., the conversion of file lists from flat text files to a database format).
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  • Main Page
    <SPAN style="color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-size:20pt">'''Let's Solve the File Format Problem!'''</SPAN> <center>See the [https://twitter.com/JustSolvedFmts live Twitter feed] of formats being sol
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  • Future Composer (BSI) module
    ... by Anthony J Bybell (Slates of BSI Labs) in 1990. It creates modules with the extension '''.bsi''' ...inet.net/pub/aminet/mus/edit/FutureComposer.lha Future Composer] (includes source code, replay and tunes)
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  • Vorbis
    ... stream of a [[MKV|Matroska Video]] file. Most recently, it may be used as the audio stream of a [[WebM]] video file. ...s notes that Vorbis files may be found in some newer games by Ubisoft with the extension '''.sb0'''
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  • Camera Image File Format
    ...laced by the [[Canon RAW 2|CR2 format]] starting with the EOS 20D in 2004. The .crw extension is [[CHDK raw|sometimes used by CHDK]], but this [http://chd ... some compact cameras did too. The following cameras can generate files in the CRW format:
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  • IAGE
    ...GE is written in [[Java]], and a Java Runtime Environment is needed to run the software. * .ic: IAGE source code
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  • APF Imagination Machine BASIC tokenized file
    |subcat=Source code ...o available. As with most computers of the time, it came with a version of the [[BASIC]] programming language built in.
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  • Canon RAW 2
    ...Canon cameras. It replaced [[Camera Image File Format|CRW]], starting with the 20D, 350D/Digital Rebel Xt and 1D. It was replaced by [[Canon RAW 3]]. ...R2 files is that they have a header before the IFD0. This does not violate the TIFF spec.
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  • Scratch
    ...e objects on the screen. Shapes, colors, and icons are used to distinguish the different things which can be inserted into a program. Since the code isn't plain text, the file formats used in saving programs are more complex than for most other p
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  • Scratch 1.4 File Format
    |subcat=Source code ...an text-based source code, a binary format was used to save it, along with the associated objects which form part of a program project.
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  • Scratch 2.0 File Format
    |subcat=Source code ... as with the earlier versions. Registered users can save their programs on the server, but unregistered users can still run Scratch online and upload/down
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  • Coleco ADAM SmartBASIC tokenized file
    |subcat=Source code ...s, with the Colecovision game console and a computer that was based on it. The ADAM could be purchased as a standalone computer, or as an expansion unit f
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  • Linux
    ...prietary software used in many operating systems. There are free and open source word processors for example. ...s://www.cs.cmu.edu/~awb/linux.history.html] There are purists who say that the resulting operating system should properly be referred to as '''GNU/Linux''
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  • TI BASIC tokenized file
    |subcat=Source code ... computers such as the [[Commodore BASIC tokenized file|Commodore 64]], so the company ultimately left this market after losing a good deal of money.
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  • Buzzic v1.x
    ...ible with Buzzic v1.0. As well as '''.buz''' files, Buzzic can also export the created melody as C++ code. ...tp://ftp.untergrund.net/users/stan_1901/Buzzic.zip Buzzic v1.0] - includes source and replayer.
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  • MDX (X68000)
    ...ormat designed originally for playback of music on Sharp X68000 computers. The format is based on [[Music Macro Language]]. MDX files may also be accompan ...epage3.nifty.com/StudioBreeze/software/mdxplay-e.html mdxplay] (*nix, open source)
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  • Xcode Project
    ...ystems (current Macintosh platforms) but also cross-compiles and simulates the running of apps for iOS (for iPhones, iPads, etc.). ...rminal (where you can use the "cd" command to enter these directories, and the "ls" command to list them, like any other directory), or when you access th
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  • Microsoft Write
    ...osoft Word [[DOC|.doc]] files. It was replaced with Microsoft WordPad with the advent of Windows 95 (which could read Write format, but couldn't save to i ...net/projects/osplus/files/Text%20Editor/ OSPlus Text Editor] - An old open source project with a WRI to [[RTF]] converter (src/convert/txtwrite.c). Likely pr
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  • ARC (FreeArc)
    ...eeArc/FreeArc%200.40/ FreeArc-0.40-sources.7z] lists v0.32 (2006-12-06) as the first public release.</ref> .... Its native '''.arc''' format is unfortunately not compatible with any of the [[ARC|other ".arc" formats]].
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  • Access
    ...''' also known as '''Jet DB''' is a standalone database that forms part of the [[Microsoft Office]] Suite of productivity tools. It was first released in ... of the Jet Database employed by the specific version of Microsoft Access. The first page of Access 95/97 and Access 2000/2003 databases is always a '''Da
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  • HyperCard stack
    ...k''' is a collection of text, images, and sometimes audio, organized using the metaphor of a stack of cards and made interactive using a scripting languag ...rd Stack consist of a Data Fork and a [[Resource Fork]] which contains all the Graphics, Fonts, Icons, Sounds, and other metadata.
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  • LHA
    ...ing on '''LHA''' (v2.10+). The file format is also known as '''LZH'''. See the [[LZH|LZH disambiguation page]] for other "LZH" formats. ...P]] compression was inferior until the release of PKZIP 2.0, which brought the formats to parity.
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  • QWK
    The following document was found here: [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/qw Added a few items to the DOOR.ID file that is being supported by Qmail
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  • Assembly language
    ...e and destination of a move command. Comments can also be included to make the code more understandable to humans. ...to a machine language program in raw binary, which can then be executed on the computer.
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  • PEA
    ...ack, Encrypt, Authenticate) is the "native" format of PeaZip, a free, open-source archiver program which supports a number of other archive formats as well.
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  • Rzip
    ...ndancies in the full data set being compressed. Due to its need to analyze the data set as a whole before compressing any of it, it is unable to work with ...n-source, allowing enterprising geeks to figure out the format by studying the code.
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  • Partimage
    ...(including common Linux and DOS/Windows ones). It is intended to duplicate the contents of a partition of a disk drive.
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  • Networked devices
    ...verse-engineering any of this stuff is free to report on their findings in the appropriate articles here. ...is still "vaporware". Some just take pre-orders without taking money until the gadget is ready to ship.
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  • Asylum Music Format
    Asylum Music Format is the format used for music in the [[MS-DOS]] games Crusader: No Remorse and Crusader: No Regret. It appears t ...ww.usecode.org/pentagram/doxygen/amf2mod_8c-source.html AMF->MOD converter source]
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  • IOS
    ...d iPod. It was originally called "iPhone OS" because it was introduced for the iPhone (earlier iPods used a different system with much less "computer smar ... it's not quite as true, as one must consider several screen sizes between the different iPads and iPhones/iPods.
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  • Erlang
    ...prietary language used internally, but eventually released as open-source. The name could be interpreted as standing for "Ericsson Language", or else as a ...rsion until the process determines that it is safe to seamlessly switch to the new one. Anybody who has just had to restart Windows yet again after instal
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  • Xar (Extensible Archive)
    :''For other "Xar" formats, see the [[Xar]] disambiguation page.'' ...rchive format which stores its directory information and other metadata in the form of [[XML]].
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  • PostScript
    ...arily with printers. It is actually a complete programming language, which the printer interprets in order to generate graphics to print. * [https://info.computerhistory.org/aoc-postscript PostScript original source code (registration required)]
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  • Machine language
    ...t eventually they become machine language instructions because that is all the processor understands directly. ...de]]" instructions embedded within processor chips that actually carry out the instructions of machine language by breaking them up into even more primiti
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  • Zzip
    ...he revision history. The revision history also gives version 0.33a as when the "multiple-files-in-a-single-archive feature added", so it was apparently a ...s the [[Burrows–Wheeler transform]]. The source code is downloadable, so the file format could probably be figured out from that.
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  • SQX
    ...name="spec" />, and SpeedProject. It seems to have been created as part of the development of its primary implementation, a program called "Squeez", which The source code download includes a text file giving file format details. The source code is archived as a .sqx file itself, but fortunately an SQX extractor is
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  • XPM
    ...('''XPM''') is an uncompressed raster image file format. It is essentially the color version of [[XBM]]. ...t pure ASCII text, which leads to malfunction of some programs. Except for the little-used XPM version 2, it doubles as a fragment of [[C]] program code.
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  • Utah RLE
    ...or sometimes just '''RLE''') is a raster image file format associated with the '''Utah Raster Toolkit''' software. A Utah RLE file contains the following entities, in this order. (Not all of them are present in every fi
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  • AOL Personal Filing Cabinet
    ...res email and web bookmarks (also known as "favorites") in a file known as the PFC (Personal Filing Cabinet) format. ...ee.shtml#how-i-used-pfc-viewer-to-export-my-mail here] for some details on the extension.
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  • Metadata
    ...extra non-critical information about the main contents of a file, or about the circumstances in which a file was created, etc. ... it too... it's come out lately that all sorts of people are snooping into the metadata of your life (such as who you're calling or e-mailing), and this c
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  • OpenSCAD
    ...AM Models | 3D CAD models]]. The program to interpret it is free and open-source. It makes use of [[DXF]], [[STL]], and [[OFF (Geomview Object File Format)|
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  • ART (PFS: First Publisher)
    ''[Partial decoding, based on open source software, and analysis of ART files.]'' ...ixels per byte, most significant bit first, black is 0. Rows are padded to the next 2-byte boundary.
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  • LibraryBox
    ...ge even if Internet access is not available. Some of them were deployed at the 2013 SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.
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  • HA
    ..., but since the pages mentioning this status are from as far back as 1995, the patent is likely to be expired by now. The file header starts with "HA" (as ASCII characters).
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  • Cpio
    ...]-style systems. It was originally intended for tape archiving, similar to the [[Tape Archive]] (tar) format. To extract files, using the command line utility:
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  • Palm Database ImageViewer
    ...alm OS Database]] file. It contains a bitmap image, and is associated with the ''Image Viewer III'' application. ...ell, no one has ever bothered to write any documentation about it – only source code. Note that it is ''not'' a wrapper for [[Palm bitmap]] format.
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  • TealPaint
    ...lPaint PDB format''' is a type of [[Palm OS Database]] file. It is used by the ''TealPaint'' application, and contains a bitmap image. ... → [http://www.tealpoint.com/download/dev/paintdev.zip TealPaint Utility Source Code]
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  • PMA
    ... different set of compression types. These compression types originated in the [[CP/M]] archiver PMarc, created by Yoshihiko Mino. PMA was a popular forma ...net.org/?cmd=main.category&id_category=58 Pacific Maritime Association] or the [http://www.polishmuseumofamerica.org/v4/EnglishVersion/PMAArchives.htm Pol
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  • NEOchrome Animation
    ...rome Animation''' is a simple animation format, presumably associated with the ''NEOchrome'' graphics editor for Atari ST (see also [[NEOchrome]]). A file consists of a 22-byte header, followed by the image data.
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  • MacPaint
    '''MacPaint''' is the native image format of the ''MacPaint'' paint program for Apple Macintosh. ...ions (they contain a version number, and usually a set of brush patterns). The pixel data starts at offset 512, or 640 if there is a MacBinary header.
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  • PICT
    ... is a graphics format native to Macintosh computers. It is associated with the QuickDraw API. ...y of documentation about it exists, there does not appear to be any single source that provides a reasonably clear and complete specification.
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  • MTV ray tracer bitmap
    ...mes from the author's initials, not the Music Television cable channel, so the slogan "I Want My MTV!" doesn't apply to it. The MTV software uses a filename extension of '''.pic'''. Third-party applicati
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  • QRT Ray Tracer bitmap
    '''QRT Ray Tracer bitmap''' is the default output format of the ''QRT Ray Tracer'' (also known as ''Quick Ray Tracer'' or ''QRT'') software This format is also used by the ''DKBTrace'' (DKB Ray Tracer) software, which uses a default filename of ''
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  • QRT Ray Tracer scene description
    ...a text format used as input to the ''QRT Ray Tracer'' software. It defines the objects to be rendered. ...://files.programmersheaven.com/graphics/raytrace/raysrc.zip QRT Ray Tracer source code] (raysrc.zip). Includes sample files.
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  • Health and Medicine
    * [[BCI2000]] (The BCI2000 project) ** [[GDF v2.x]] (The General Data Format for biomedical signals - Version 2.x)
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