Elements of File Formats
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* [[Two's complement]] | * [[Two's complement]] | ||
* [[Variable-length quantity]] | * [[Variable-length quantity]] | ||
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+ | See also [[:Category:Integer data types]]. | ||
== Floating point numbers == | == Floating point numbers == | ||
+ | * [[Bfloat16]] (BF16) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bfloat16_floating-point_format] | ||
* [[DEC64]] | * [[DEC64]] | ||
* [[IEEE floating point]] | * [[IEEE floating point]] | ||
* [[Posit]] | * [[Posit]] | ||
* [[Unum]] | * [[Unum]] | ||
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+ | See also [[:Category:Floating point data types]]. | ||
== Time formats == | == Time formats == | ||
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* [[IETF language tag]] | * [[IETF language tag]] | ||
* [[ISO 3166-1 country code]] | * [[ISO 3166-1 country code]] | ||
+ | * [[Macintosh type/creator code]] | ||
+ | * [[Magic]] | ||
+ | * [[RISC OS filetype]] | ||
+ | * [[ULID]] | ||
* [[UUID]] | * [[UUID]] | ||
* [[Windows Language Code Identifier]] | * [[Windows Language Code Identifier]] |
Revision as of 03:24, 2 August 2020
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
Contents |
Integers
See also Category:Integer data types.
Floating point numbers
See also Category:Floating point data types.
Time formats
Refer to Date and time formats.
Identifiers
- CLSID
- Domain name
- Filename
- 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
Other
- ANSI escape code
- Base2
- Bit
- Bit order
- Byte
- Emacs file variable
- Endianness (little-endian, big-endian)
- File
- Shebang