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This section is for
* Common formats that make up only a small part of a file
* Ancillary knowledge that may be needed to help decode file formats

== Integers ==
* [[Binary-coded decimal]]
* [[Ones' complement]]
* [[Two's complement]]
* [[Variable-length quantity]]

See also [[:Category:Integer data types]].

== Floating point numbers ==
* [[Bfloat16]] (BF16) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bfloat16_floating-point_format]
* [[DEC64]]
* [[IEEE floating point]]
* [[Posit]]
* [[Unum]]

See also [[:Category:Floating point data types]].

== Time formats ==
Refer to [[Date and time formats]].

== Identifiers ==
* [[CLSID]]
* [[Domain name]]
** [[Top-level domain]]
* [[Filename]]
** [[Filename extension]]
* [[FourCC]]
* [[GUID]]
* [[IANA character set name]]
* [[IETF language tag]]
* [[ISO 3166-1 country code]]
* [[Macintosh type/creator code]]
* [[Magic]]
* [[RISC OS filetype]]
* [[ULID]]
* [[UUID]]
* [[Windows Language Code Identifier]]

== Graphics ==
* [[Color format]]
* [[Palettes]]

== Other ==
* [[ANSI escape code]]
* [[Base2]]
* [[Bit]]
* [[Bit order]]
* [[Byte]]
* [[Emacs file variable]]
* [[Endianness]] (little-endian, big-endian)
* [[File]]
* [[Shebang]]

== See also ==
* [[Character encoding]]
* [[Compression]]
* [[Data type]]
* [[Date and time formats]]
* [[Digital Rights Management]]
* [[Encryption]]
* [[Error codes and messages]]
* [[Error detection and correction]]
* [[Naming and numbering systems]]
* [[Text-based data]]

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