Each and every operating systems whether Windows, Linux, Ubuntu, Mac and other OSs identify a file type by its extension, which is everything after the last dot in the filename. Usually it is a 3 to 4 character acronym. Using the file extension, a computer OS knows the file type and decides which program will open that file.For this top ten article we are showcasing of the most used file types and file extensions inside your desktop or laptop computers. Applications that can open and edit text, compressed and uncompressed a file and more. Have some time to read and check out the 9 listed file types below. Here are your top 9 most used and important computer file types and extensions.
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TOP : 9
File Type : WEB PAGE
Sample Programs : Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, Mozilla Firefox, etc.
Typical Extensions : .html .htm
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| Sample web browsers |
TOP : 8
File Type : AUDIO
Sample Programs : Windows Media Player, WinAmp, etc.
Typical Extensions : .mp3 .wav
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| Sample computer music players |
TOP : 7
File Type : VIDEO
Sample Program : Windows Media Player, VLC Player, GOM Player, etc.
Typical Extensions : .avi .mov .mpg .mpeg .flv
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| Sample computer video players |
TOP : 6
File Type : IMAGE
Sample Program : Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Photo Viewer, MS Paint, Adobe Photoshop, Fireworks, etc.
Typical Extensions : ..jpg .jpeg .gif .bmp .bitmap .png
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| Sample of image/photo viewers and editors |
TOP : 5
File Type : SHEET
Sample Program : Microsoft Excel, Open Office Calc, LibreOffice Spreadsheet, etc.
Typical Extensions : .xlsx .xls .csv .xsc .stc .ods .ots
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| Sample application software that provides spreadsheets |
TOP : 4
File Type : DOCUMENT
Sample Program : Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint, Acrobat, LibreOffice Document, OpenOffice Writer, etc.
Typical Extensions : .odt .ott .doc .docx .ppt .pps .pot .pptx .sxw .stw .pdf .rtf
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| Sample computer documents readers and editors |
TOP : 3
File Type : TEXT
Sample Program : Microsoft Wordpad, Notepad, Notepad++, etc.
Typical Extensions : .txt .log
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| Sample computer text editors |
TOP : 2
File Type : COMPRESSED (ARCHIVED)
Sample Program : WinZip, WinRar, IZArc, 7Zip etc.
Typical Extensions : .rar .zip .tar .tbz .tgz
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| Sample packer and unpacker computer applications |
TOP : 1
File Type : PROGRAM
Sample Program : itself
Typical Extensions : .exe .bat .com .msi
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| Sample computer programs |
Data Sources :
- Basic Computer Course Book, Free University of Bolzano Bozen – Dr. Paolo Coletti ‐ Edition 8.0 (5 August 2014)
Photo Source :
- www.dtop10list.com
Please be noted that the top 10 that we are including here in our blog are all unofficial rankings unless otherwise noted. Most of the top ten lists are based on Google search results and collected mainly from different blogs and websites around the internet world.
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