File Types

GoPro CineForm: a wavelet-based video codec designed for high-quality intermediate editing. Supports 4K, HDR, and 3D video.

The native file format of Maxon Cinema 4D, a professional 3D modeling, animation, and rendering application widely used in motion graphics, visual effects, and broadcast design.

An OGC standard for the representation and exchange of 3D city models. Used in urban planning, simulation, and smart city applications.

Java Class File: compiled Java bytecode executed by the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Generated from .java source files by the javac compiler.

A language that compiles to JavaScript, offering a cleaner, Python-inspired syntax. It influenced many features later adopted in ES6+.

The native file formats of PTC Creo (formerly Pro/ENGINEER), a parametric CAD/CAM/CAE software. .prt stores parts; .asm stores assemblies. Widely used in product design and manufacturing engineering.

Source code for Crystal, a compiled language with Ruby-inspired syntax, static typing, and C-level performance via LLVM.

Source code for the D programming language, a systems language designed as a more practical alternative to C++ with garbage collection and powerful metaprogramming.

COLLAborative Design Activity: an XML-based open standard for exchanging digital assets between graphics applications. Managed by the Khronos Group.

dBASE File: a database file format originally from dBASE, later adopted by FoxPro and Clipper. Also used as the attribute table format in Shapefiles.

Debian Package: the software package format for Debian-based Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Mint, etc.).

Digital Elevation Model: a raster representation of terrain elevation data. Used in terrain analysis, hydrology, and 3D terrain visualization.

DSD Interchange File Format: an alternative container for DSD audio data, used alongside DSF for high-resolution audio distribution.

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine: the international standard for medical images (CT, MRI, X-ray, ultrasound) including patient metadata.

Dynamic-Link Library: a shared library format on Windows containing code and data that can be used by multiple programs simultaneously.

Apple Disk Image: a mountable disk image format used on macOS for distributing software, supporting compression and encryption.

Digital Negative: an open raw image format created by Adobe as a universal RAW format. It aims to address the lack of an open standard for raw files from various cameras.

Avid DNxHD/DNxHR: professional video codecs by Avid Technology designed for multi-generation compositing and editing with minimal quality loss.

Microsoft Word Binary File Format: the legacy proprietary document format used by Microsoft Word prior to the introduction of DOCX in Office 2007.

Office Open XML Document: the default document format for Microsoft Word since 2007. It is an XML-based, ZIP-compressed format that is the ISO/IEC 29500 standard.