File Extension FYI

A collection of commonly used file extensions with detailed description of their file types, formats and samples.

Table of Contents
Audio and Video File Extensions
File Extension MP3 - Audio/Music
File Extension WAV - Audio/Music
File Extension WMA - Windows Media Audio
File Extension MID - MIDI Musical Data
File Extension KAR - Karaoke Files
File Extension RMI - RIFF-MIDI Files

File Extension AU - Audio Files
File Extension MPG - MPEG Video Files
File Extension AVI - Audio Video Interleave Files
File Extension DAT - VCD Files
File Extension WMV - Windows Media Video Files
File Extension VOB - Video Object Files
Image and Picture File Extensions
File Extension GIF - Image
File Extension JPG/JPEG - Picture
Compression and Archive File Extensions
File Extension ZIP - Compressed Files
File Extension RAR - Compressed Files
File Extension JAR - Java Archive Files
File Extension GZ - GZIP Compressed Files
File Extension TAR - Tape Archive Files
File Extension TGZ - TAR and GZIP Files
Office Application File Extensions
File Extension DOC - Word Document
File Extension XLS - Spreadsheet Document File Extension PPT - Presentation Document
Web Page File Extensions
File Extension HTML - Web Pages
File Extension CSS - Style Sheet
File Extension JS - JavaScript
File Extension JSP - JavaServer Pages
File Extension ASP - Active Server Pages
Software Programming File Extensions
File Extension JAVA - Java Source Code
File Extension CLASS - Java Bytecode
File Extension C - C Source Code
File Extension OBJ - Object Code File Extens
ion EXE - Executable Code