file extensions

File Extensions you should know:

.doc, .docx

MS Word Document

.abw

Abiword document

.xls, .xlsx

Excel Document

.ppt, .pptx

PowerPoint document

.exe

Executable document (program)

.jpg, .gif,.bmp

image

.mp3, .mp4 .wav, .wma

audio

.wmv, .mov, .mp4, .mpg

video

.html

hypertext markup language (web page)

.txt

text document (Notepad)

.pdf

portable document file format (Adobe Acrobat)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Links to sites listing file extensions (there are LOTS if them):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_formats_(alphabetical)

http://filext.com/

http://www.file-extension.com/

http://www.sharpened.net/helpcenter/extensions.php

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