Electronic File Formats

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* '''[[3D and CAD/CAM Models]]'''
 
* '''[[3D and CAD/CAM Models]]'''
 
* [[Address books and contacts]]
 
* [[Address books and contacts]]
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* [[Agriculture]]
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* [[Annotation]]
 
* '''[[Archiving]]'''
 
* '''[[Archiving]]'''
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* [[Backup]]
 
* '''[[Audio and Music]]'''
 
* '''[[Audio and Music]]'''
 
* [[Bibliographic data]] - Catalogues, Finding aids and Reference lists
 
* [[Bibliographic data]] - Catalogues, Finding aids and Reference lists
* [[Binary Data]] (any binary formats that didn't fit in other categories)
 
 
* [[Calendars]]
 
* [[Calendars]]
* [[Cameras and Digital Image Sensors]]
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* '''[[Cameras and Digital Image Sensors]]'''
* '''[[Character Encodings]]''' - Character encodings map binary data onto written characters.
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* '''[[Character encoding]]''' - Character encodings map binary data onto written characters.
 
* '''[[Compression]]'''
 
* '''[[Compression]]'''
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* [[Configuration files]]
 
* [[Coupons and Tickets]]
 
* [[Coupons and Tickets]]
 
* [[Culinary arts]] - file formats related to cooking, baking, frying, broiling... Yum!
 
* [[Culinary arts]] - file formats related to cooking, baking, frying, broiling... Yum!
 
* [[Currency]] - electronic currencies (e.g., Bitcoin). Also some systems for transferring funds in various currencies.
 
* [[Currency]] - electronic currencies (e.g., Bitcoin). Also some systems for transferring funds in various currencies.
 
* [[Databases]]
 
* [[Databases]]
* [[Development]]
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* [[Data type]]
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* '''[[Development]]'''
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* [[Diagramming and flowcharting]]
 
* '''[[Disk Image Formats]]''' (or tape image, etc.; images of data as stored on physical media)
 
* '''[[Disk Image Formats]]''' (or tape image, etc.; images of data as stored on physical media)
 
* [[Diskmagazines]]
 
* [[Diskmagazines]]
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* [[Education]]
 
* [[Education]]
 
* [[Electronic Publishing formats]] (e-books)
 
* [[Electronic Publishing formats]] (e-books)
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* [[Elements of File Formats]]
 
* '''[[E-Mail, newsgroups, and forums]]''' (includes various other sorts of messaging, BBSs, social networking, etc.)
 
* '''[[E-Mail, newsgroups, and forums]]''' (includes various other sorts of messaging, BBSs, social networking, etc.)
 
* [[Encryption]]
 
* [[Encryption]]
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* [[Enterprise software]] (ERP, CRM, and the rest of the buzzword initialism soup)
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* [[Error codes and messages]]
 
* [[Error detection and correction]]
 
* [[Error detection and correction]]
* [[Executables]]
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* '''[[Executables]]'''
 
* '''[[Filesystem]]''' - File systems are the protocols by which multiple files are stored and organized by an operating system
 
* '''[[Filesystem]]''' - File systems are the protocols by which multiple files are stored and organized by an operating system
 
* [[File transfer]]
 
* [[File transfer]]
 
* [[Finance and Accounting]]
 
* [[Finance and Accounting]]
 
* [[Firmware]] (low-level system files/data/programs)
 
* [[Firmware]] (low-level system files/data/programs)
* [[Fonts]]
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* '''[[Fonts]]'''
 
* [[Forensics and Law Enforcement]]
 
* [[Forensics and Law Enforcement]]
* [[Game data files]]
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* '''[[Game data files]]'''
 
* [[Genealogical data]]
 
* [[Genealogical data]]
* [[Geospatial]]
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* '''[[Geospatial]]'''
 
* '''[[Graphics]]'''
 
* '''[[Graphics]]'''
 
* [[Health and Medicine]]
 
* [[Health and Medicine]]
 
* [[Help files]]
 
* [[Help files]]
* [[HyperMedia]] (self-contained files that combine text, graphics, audio, video, and executable code)
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* [[Hypermedia]] (self-contained files that combine text, graphics, audio, video, and executable code)
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* [[Industrial]]
 
* [[Interactive Fiction]]
 
* [[Interactive Fiction]]
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* [[Internet]]
 
* [[Law]] (legislation, litigation, lawyer stuff, etc.)
 
* [[Law]] (legislation, litigation, lawyer stuff, etc.)
 
* [[Machine Embroidery]]
 
* [[Machine Embroidery]]
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* [[Metadata]]
 
* [[Metadata]]
 
* [[Metaformats]]
 
* [[Metaformats]]
* [[Mind maps, Topic maps etc]]
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* [[Military]]
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* [[Mind maps, Topic maps, etc.]]
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* [[Miscellaneous File Formats]]
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* [[Networking]]
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* [[News media]] (formats used in journalism and news publishing)
 
* [[Page description languages]] as used in print preprocessing
 
* [[Page description languages]] as used in print preprocessing
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* [[Performing Arts]]
 
* [[Personal Digital Assistant formats]]
 
* [[Personal Digital Assistant formats]]
 
* [[Project management]]
 
* [[Project management]]
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* [[Protocols]]
 
* [[Puzzles]] (crossword, sudoku, jigsaw... any sort of brain-teaser)
 
* [[Puzzles]] (crossword, sudoku, jigsaw... any sort of brain-teaser)
 
* [[Radio]]
 
* [[Radio]]
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* [[Resources]]
 
* [[Retail sales]]
 
* [[Retail sales]]
 
* [[ROM and memory images]]
 
* [[ROM and memory images]]
 
* [[Saved Games]]
 
* [[Saved Games]]
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* [[Schema formats]]
 
* '''[[Scientific Data formats]]''' and mathematics related formats
 
* '''[[Scientific Data formats]]''' and mathematics related formats
 
* [[Security]]
 
* [[Security]]
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* [[Telephony]]
 
* [[Telephony]]
 
* [[Temporary files]]
 
* [[Temporary files]]
* [[Text-based data]] (any text-based formats that didn't fit in other categories)
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* [[Text-based data]]
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* [[Transfer Encodings]]
 
* [[Transportation]] (formats used in vehicles, transit and shipping systems, etc.)
 
* [[Transportation]] (formats used in vehicles, transit and shipping systems, etc.)
 
* '''[[Video]]'''
 
* '''[[Video]]'''
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* [http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/papers/2008/P3279.pdf Future Computer Technology and its Impact (1966)]
 
* [http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/papers/2008/P3279.pdf Future Computer Technology and its Impact (1966)]
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* [http://xkcd.com/1360/ Old Files (xkcd)]
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* [http://danieltemkin.com/Tutorials/ Tutorials on 'glitch' and 'databending' techniques to munge data for artistic purposes]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub5G_t-gUBc Funky File Formats (video)]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9m5N2DA6mE Introduction to file format internals (video)]
  
 
[[Category:Electronic File Formats| ]]
 
[[Category:Electronic File Formats| ]]

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