What are the most common File Extensions?
The extension of a file or file allows the operating system to identify the type of program that is necessary to open said file. The extension of a file is the suffix that follows the name of the file.
For example in Document.docx, document is the name of the file and .docx is the extension of the file.
There are a large number of software applications available in the market. Each application has its file extension. Next, let’s see the most used types of file extensions:
| Extension | Type of file |
| to the | Adobe Illustrator Document |
| aif | Audio Interchange File |
| avi | Audio Video Interleave |
| bat | batch files |
| bin | binary file |
| bmp | Mapa de bits de Windows |
| bup | backup file |
| cab | Microsoft Windows compressed file |
| cda | CD Audio Track Shortcut |
| cdr | Corel Draw Vector or Raw Audio CD |
| chm | Compressed Microsoft HTML Help |
| Which | Data |
| divx | DivX video |
| dll | Dynamic Link Library |
| dmg | disk image |
| doc | Documento Microsoft Word |
| docx | Documento Microsoft Word |
| dwg | AutoCAD DWG |
| eml | |
| eps | Encapsulated PostScript |
| exe | executable file |
| fla | Adobe Flash |
| flv | Flash Video |
| gif | Imagen GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) |
| gz | gzip packaged archive |
| hqx | BinHex |
| htm | Web – Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) |
| html | Web – Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) |
| ifo | DVD File Information |
| indd | InDesign document |
| iso | optical disc image |
| jar | java file |
| jpeg | JPEG image |
| jpg | JPEG image |
| lnk | Direct Access – Shortcut |
| log | log file |
| m4a | MPEG-4 Part 14 |
| m4b | MPEG-4 Part 14 |
| m4p | Protected AAC File |
| m4v | MPEG-4 Part 14 |
| mdb | Microsoft Access |
| mid | Audio midi – Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
| mov | QuickTime |
| mp2 | MPEG-1 Audio Layer II |
| mp3 | MP3 Audio File |
| mp4 | MPEG-4 Part 14 |
| mpeg | MPEG 1 Sistema Stream |
| mpg | MPEG-1 Video |
| msi | Windows Installer |
| mswmm | Windows Movie Maker Project File |
| PDF document | |
| png | Graficos – Portable Network Graphics |
| pps | Show PowerPoint |
| ppt | Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation |
| pptx | Microspft PowerPoint 2007+ |
| ps | PostScript |
| psd | Photoshop documento |
| pst | Microsoft Outlook emails – Personal Storage |
| pub | Microsoft Publisher |
| qbb | QuickBooks file backup |
| qbw | Spreadsheet; QuickBooks for Windows |
| ram | RealAudio |
| rar | RAR Archive |
| rm | RealMedia |
| rmvb | RealMedia Variable Bitrate |
| rtf | Rich Text Format |
| sql | Structured Query Language |
| ss | Bitmap graphics; Splash |
| swf | Vector Graphics SWF |
| tgz | Archivo; WinZipNT – TAR – GNUzip |
| tif | Tagged Image File Format |
| torrent | BitTorrent |
| ttf | Font Types – Letter |
| txt | Plain text file |
| vcd | Virtual CD-ROM CD Image File |
| vob | DVD-Video Object |
| wav | Waveform Audio Formato |
| wma | Windows Media Audio |
| wmv | Windows Media Video |
| wpd | WordPerfect Document |
| wps | Text document, MS Works |
| xls | Microsoft Excel spreadsheet |
| xlsx | Microsoft Excel 2007+ |
| zip | packaged file |
