file formats
Digital storage types
File formats are standardized ways of encoding information for storage or transmission.
Different formats serve different purposes: JPEG compresses photographs, PDF preserves document layout, MP3 stores audio.
A format specifies how data is organized so software can read and write it correctly.
The video won't play—wrong file format.
Save it in a format everyone can open.
Compressed audio encoding
- wavAudio file extension
- midiMid-calf garment length
- m4aAudio container format
- opusNumbered artistic creation
ape · bitrate · sampling · lossless · lossy · codec · stereo · mono
Minor interpersonal dispute
lossless · compression · transparency · resolution · thumbnail · preview · metadata · animated
Data compression algorithm
Slang for brewed beans
- shVoiceless fricative digraph
- batFlying mammal or sports club
- exeProgram file suffix
- jarWide-mouthed storage vessel
binary · source · script · compiled · interpreted · executable · markup · stylesheet
Fixed-layout file format
- docPhysician or file, shortened
- txtShort mobile message
- mobiE-reader file format
- pagesBound paper sheets
latex · markdown · plaintext · pagination · ebook · reader · portable · print
Excel file format
- parquetDecorative wooden flooring
- serializationEncoding objects for transmission
- schemaOrganized representational structure
- parsingGrammatical structure extraction
import · export · tabular · structured · interchange
mp3
Compressed audio encoding
opus · ape · bitrate · sampling · lossless · lossy · codec · stereo · mono · surround
tiff
Minor interpersonal dispute
vector · lossless · compression · transparency · resolution · thumbnail · preview · metadata · animated
codec
Data compression algorithm
- containerThing for storing items
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- encodingConverting data to format
bitrate · framerate · resolution · transcoding · subtitles
java
Slang for brewed beans
jar · binary · source · script · compiled · interpreted · executable · markup · stylesheet · config
Fixed-layout file format
pages · latex · markdown · plaintext · pagination · ebook · reader · portable · print · export
xlsx
Excel file format
- parquetDecorative wooden flooring
- serializationEncoding objects for transmission
- schemaOrganized representational structure
parsing · import · export · tabular · structured · interchange
- Media Preservationfilm restoration, digitization, digital archiving, film preservation, archiving
- multimediaaudio, video, images, graphics, animation
- word processingword processor, WordPerfect, text editor, Microsoft Word, copy
- settingssetting, default, settings, template, configure
- audio technologydigital audio, audio engineering, sound design, audio mixing, signal processing
- digitizationdigitization, scanning, OCR, scanners, document imaging
file, format, formats, formatted, formatting, reformat, reformatting, reformatted, unformatted