File Types

Module File: a music file format originating from the Amiga demoscene. It contains instrument samples and pattern data for tracker-style music playback.

QuickTime File Format: a multimedia container format developed by Apple for its QuickTime framework. It is commonly used in video editing and is the basis for the MP4 format.

MPEG-1 Audio Layer III: the most widely used lossy audio compression format. Developed by the Fraunhofer Society, it dramatically reduced audio file sizes while maintaining acceptable quality.

MPEG-4 Part 14: the most widely used digital multimedia container format. It stores video, audio, subtitles, and metadata, and is the standard for web video delivery.

Musepack: a lossy audio codec optimized for high-quality transparent compression. It is based on MPEG-1 Layer-2 algorithms with significant improvements.

Moving Picture Experts Group: a family of digital video and audio compression standards. MPEG-1 is used for VCD, MPEG-2 for DVD and digital TV broadcasts.

Microsoft Outlook Message: a proprietary format for storing email messages, contacts, appointments, and tasks in Microsoft Outlook.

Windows Installer Package: a database-driven installation format for Windows software with rollback, advertising, and on-demand installation.

Windows Installer Patch: a patch file for updating software installed via MSI packages without full reinstallation.

MPEG-2 Transport Stream files used by AVCHD camcorders and Blu-ray discs for HD video recording and playback.

Mach Object: the native executable and object file format for macOS and iOS. It is the Apple equivalent of ELF on Linux.

A build automation file used by the Make utility. It defines rules and dependencies for compiling and linking programs, widely used in C/C++ and Unix development.

A lightweight markup language created by John Gruber for formatting plain text. Widely used for documentation, README files, and content on platforms like GitHub and Stack Overflow.

An open standard by the Academy Software Foundation for transferring rich material and look-development content between applications and renderers. Adopted by USD, Blender, and major VFX tools.

Project Object Model: an XML configuration file for Apache Maven defining a Java project's build process, dependencies, and plugins.

The native file formats of Autodesk Maya, a leading 3D animation and VFX software. .ma is the human-readable ASCII format; .mb is the more compact binary format. Industry standard in film, TV, and gam...

An efficient binary serialization format that is more compact than JSON. Used in Redis, Fluentd, and applications requiring fast, compact data exchange.

Apple's shader language based on C++ for writing GPU programs targeting iOS, macOS, and Apple Silicon devices via the Metal framework.

The native file format of Foundry Modo, a 3D modeling, sculpting, texturing, and rendering application used in product visualization, game development, and film production.

Source code for Mojo, a programming language designed for AI/ML development. It is a superset of Python with systems-level performance via MLIR compilation.