Generic File Types

.rtf-Rich Text Format

these files have a .rtf extension. This is a text file type that saves some of the formatting within the text

Rich Text Format

.csv-Comma Separated Values

These files have a .csv file extension. This file type takes data in form of tables(that could be used with a spreadsheet or database) and saves it in text format, separating data items with commas.

Comma Separated Values

These files have a .txt extension. This file type can be opened in any word processor

Text Files

.jpg-Joint photographic experts group

Joint Photographic expert group

These files have a .jpg (or sometimes

a .jpeg) file extension. This format stores still images, but does not store

moving images. It is an efficient method of storing images using a smaller file

size and is widely used in web pages.

.pdf-Portable Document Format

Portable Document Format

these files have a .pdf file extension. This

is a document which has been converted into an image format. It allows

documents to be seen as an image so they can be read on most computers.

The pages look just like they would when they are printed, but can contain

clickable links and buttons, form fields, video, and audio. In PDF format you

can protect a document to stop others from editing it.

.png-Portable Network Graphics

Portable Network Graphics

these files have a .png file extension. It is a file

format that compresses graphics (image) files without any loss of image

quality. It was created to replace graphics interchange format and is now the

most used lossless image compression format on the internet.

.mp4-Moving Pictures Expert Group Layer 4

Moving Pictures Expert group Layer 4

these files have a .mp4 file

extension. It is not a single file format, but is a multimedia container which

is used for storing video files, still images, audio files, subtitles, etc. This

container is often used to transfer video files on the internet.

.mp3-Moving pictures expert group 3

Moving pictures expert group Layer 3

These files have a .mp3 file

extension. It is a compressed file format used for storing audio files. This

format cannot store still or moving images. The file sizes are relatively small,

but with near-CD quality, which makes it suitable for use on the internet.

.css-Cascading style sheets

Cascading Style Sheets

These files have a .css file extension. This is a style sheet which is saved in cascading style sheet format and is attached to one or more web pages (often written in HTML) to define the pages’ colour scheme,

fonts, etc.

.html-Hypertext Markup Language

Hypertext Markup Language

These files have a .htm (or sometimes a .html) file extension. This is a text-based language used to create content that a web browser can display as a web page.

.rar-Roshal Archive

Roshal Archive

These files have a .rar file extension. This is a container which can hold almost any file type in a compressed format. It is used to reduce the number of bytes needed to save a file, either to save storage space or to reduce transmission time. It was developed for Windows by a Russian

software engineer Eugene Roshal and takes its acronym from Roshal ARchive

.zip-Zip

Zip

These files have a .zip file extension. This is a container which can hold

almost any file type in a compressed format. It is used to reduce the number of bytes needed to save a file, either to save storage space or to reduce transmission time.