File type | File format | Extension | Relevant software |
| Text document | txt | Notepad, WordPad, Microsoft Word |
Text | Rich Text Format | rtf | WordPad, Microsoft Word |
| Microsoft Word document | doc, docx | Microsoft Word |
Help | Help file Complited HTML* | chm, hlp | Microsoft HTML Helper |
Web-page | HTML document | htm/html | Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla FireFox, Google Chrome |
Font | Font file | ttf | Windows Font Viewer |
| Portable Document Format | Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Reader, Foxit Reader | |
E-books | DjVu Image | djvu | DjVu Reader, WinDjView |
| FictionBook 2.0 | fb2 | FB Writer, FBTools |
Archives | RAR, ZIP archives** | rar, zip | WinRAR, WinZIP |
Tables | Microsoft Excel book | xls, xlsx | Microsoft Excel |
Presentation | Microsoft Power Point | ppt,pptx | Microsoft Power Point |
Database | Microsoft Access | mdb, accdb | Microsoft Access |
Audio | CD Audio | cda | Windows Media, Winamp |
| Windows audio file | wav |
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| Windows audio format | wma |
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| MPEG*** 1 Layer 3 audio format | mp3 |
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Video | Windows video format | avi | Windows Media, Light Alloy |
| MPEG video format | mpg/mpeg |
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| Quick Time Movie | mdv | Quick Time Movie |
| Video file | MPEG-4 | QuickTime Player, другой видеопроигрыватель |
| Flash-compatible video file | flv | Media Player Classic |
| Flash-animation | swf | Браузер с модулем Flash |
| Encrypted video file DivX | divx | DivX Player, CyberLink PowerDVD, QuickTime Player скодеком DivX |
| Windows Media Video File | wmv | Windows Media Player |
| DVD Video Object File | vob | CyberLink PowerDVD |
Image | Windows Bitmap | bmp | Paint, ACDSee, InfanView, XnView |
| Compuserve GIF | gif | ACDSee, InfanView, XnView, программытипа gif animator |
| JPEG**** file | jpg/jpeg | Paint, ACDSee, InfanView, XnView |
| Tagged Image File Format | tiff | ACDSee, InfanView, XnView |
| Portable Network Graphic | png | Windows Photo Gallery Viewer |
Virtual disk | Disk image | iso, mdf, mds, bin, | Alcohol, Daemon Tools, UltraISO, IsoBuster, |
Command, executable | Windows Executable File | exe, | Операционная система |
*HTML or HyperText Markup Language is the main markup language for creating web pages and other information that can be displayed in a web browser.
** RAR is a proprietary archive file format that supports data compression, error recovery and file spanning. It was developed by a Russian software engineer, Eugene Roshal (the name RAR stands for Roshal ARchive) and the RAR software is licensed by win.rar GmbH.
**.ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. A .ZIP file may contain one or more files or folders that may have been compressed. The .ZIP file format permits a number of compression algorithms.
*** The Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) is a working group of experts that was formed by ISO and IEC to set standards for audio and video compression and transmission.
**** The term "JPEG" is an acronym for the Joint Photographic Experts Group, which created the standard. Seen most often with the .jpg extension - it is a commonly used method of lossy compression for digital images, particularly for those images produced by digital photography.
