media files

Stored audio, video

Media files are digital files containing audio, video, or images—the content you watch, listen to, or view on electronic devices.

The term distinguishes these from text documents, spreadsheets, or program files: The download folder was cluttered with media files.

Media files tend to be large and come in various formats (MP3, MP4, JPEG, PNG), each optimized for different purposes.

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photos · high definition · streaming · digital download · download · upload · cloud storage · playback · MP3 · JPEG · codec · thumbnail · buffer · player · album · gallery · format · compression

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file content type

media filestext files

Unformatted digital data storage

plain text · source code · spreadsheets · documents · scripts

data complexity and processing demands

media filesplain text

Unencoded readable characters

raw text · metadata · structured data

information modality

media filesstructured data

Information organized by schema

Family

media, files, file, medium, medial, median, mediate, mediation, mediator

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G