Elements of File Formats

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* Ancillary knowledge that may be needed to help decode file formats
 
* Ancillary knowledge that may be needed to help decode file formats
  
== Elements of binary formats ==
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== Integers ==
* [[Base2]]
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* [[Binary-coded decimal]]
* [[Bit order]]
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* [[Ones' complement]]
* [[Endianness]] (little-endian, big-endian)
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* [[Two's complement]]
* [[Floating point numbers]]
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* [[Variable-length base-128]]
** [[DEC64]]
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** [[IEEE floating point]]
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== Floating point numbers ==
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* [[DEC64]]
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* [[IEEE floating point]]
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== Time formats ==
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* [[Unix time]] (timestamp number)
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== Identifiers ==
 
* [[FourCC]]
 
* [[FourCC]]
 
* [[GUID]]
 
* [[GUID]]
* Integers
 
** [[Binary-coded decimal]]
 
** [[Ones' complement]]
 
** [[Two's complement]]
 
** [[Variable-length base-128]]
 
* [[Unix time]] (timestamp number)
 
 
* [[UUID]]
 
* [[UUID]]
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== Other ==
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* [[Base2]]
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* [[Bit order]]
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* [[Endianness]] (little-endian, big-endian)
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==

Revision as of 22:08, 16 December 2015

File Format
Name Elements of File Formats
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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

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Integers

Floating point numbers

Time formats

Identifiers

Other

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