File Extension
Transcript: File Type Extension File TYPE Files with a shared common file name extension (.doc, .html, and so on) are of the same type. " File Types (Windows)." MSDN | Microsoft Development, Subscriptions, Resources, and More. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2011. File EXTENSION A file extension, also called a filename extension, is the suffix at the end of a filename, which indicates what kind of file it is. "What is a File Extension?." FileInfo.com - The File Extensions Resource. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2011. . .WAV Audio Files Created by Microsoft and IBM in 1991. it is used for modern cds (to hold music, movies, ect.) WAV is short for "Waveform Audio File Format," and is pronounced "wave." It can be used by anyone."WAV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2011. .pdf Page Layout Files Stands for Portable Document Format. Used for sharing documents with anyone even if they don’t have the same program. Created by Adobe in 1993. It is “open” meaning anyone can use it or change it. Can be used with ANY software program including all the Microsoft Office Programs."Portable Document Format." wikipeda. wikipedia , 12/05/2010. Web. 6 Dec 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format> .odf Misc Files As a collection of several subdocuments within a package, each of which stores part of the complete document. This is the common representation of OpenDocument documents. It uses filename extensions such as .odt, .ott, .ods, .odp ... etc. `Created by OASIS on May 1, 2005..odf files are used for documents and presentations. "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." OpenDocument technical specification. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2011. <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument_technical_specifi .txt Text Files Generic text files with filenames that ending in ".txt" are created by Notepad for Windows and by TextEdit for Mac OS X when document formatting is removed. A text file (sometimes spelled "textfile": an old alternate name is "flatfile") is a kind of computer file that is structured as a sequence of lines. A text file exists within a computer file system. The end of a text file is often denoted by placing one or more special characters, known as an end-of-file marker, after the last line in a text file. "Text file - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2011. . .zip Compressed Files File compressed or "zipped" using Zip compression, a common type of compression in which every file in the archive is compressed separately; supported by most file compression/decompression programs. Created by Phil Katz and PKWARE in1989. it is use to save (video games, computer games ect.) tes. "ZIP (file format) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2011. Y B TESSA WATSON .pdf