Data File Extensions

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.xsl

Extensible Stylesheet Language

XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) is a family of languages used for transforming and formatting XML (Extensible Marku...

.obj (.obj)

Wavefront OBJ File

The Wavefront .OBJ file format is a geometry definition file format first developed by Wavefront Technologies for its Ad...

.dxf

Drawing Exchange Format

The Drawing Exchange Format (DXF) is a CAD (Computer-Aided Design) data file format developed by Autodesk for enabling d...

.mdmp

Minidump File

A .mdmp file, short for Minidump file, is a crash dump file format used by the Windows operating system and other applic...

.protocol buffers

Protocol Buffers

Protocol Buffers, often shortened to Protobuf, is a language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible mechanism for seriali...

.glb

glTF Binary

glTF (GL Transmission Format) is a royalty-free, open standard for 3D scene and model transmission, developed by the Khr...

.html

HyperText Markup Language

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard markup language for creating web pages. It provides the structure and c...

.tmp

Temporary File

A .tmp file is a generic temporary file created by various programs and operating systems. These files are used to hold ...

.dwg

Drawing

DWG is a proprietary binary file format used for storing two- and three-dimensional design data and metadata. It is the ...

.step (.stp, .step)

Standard for the Exchange of Product Data

STEP (Standard for the Exchange of Product Data) files, identified by the extensions .stp or .step, are a widely used IS...

.ply

Polygon File Format

The PLY file format, also known as the Polygon File Format or Stanford Triangle Format, is a computer file format design...

.yaml

YAML Ain't Markup Language

YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language) is a human-readable data serialization standard that is often used for configuration f...

.xlsx

Microsoft Excel Open XML Spreadsheet

The XLSX file format is the default spreadsheet format used by Microsoft Excel, starting with Excel 2007. It's based on ...

.stl

Stereolithography

The STL (Stereolithography) file format is a widely used file format for representing 3D surface geometry. It is primari...

.qcow2

QEMU Copy On Write version 2

QCOW2 (QEMU Copy On Write version 2) is a disk image format used by QEMU, a popular open-source virtualization solution....

.bak.old

Backup File

A .bak file is a backup file, a common extension used to denote a copy of data created for recovery purposes in case the...

.parquet

Apache Parquet

Apache Parquet is a columnar storage format optimized for use with big data processing frameworks. Unlike row-oriented f...

.dae

Digital Asset Exchange

The DAE file extension represents a Digital Asset Exchange file, which is a COLLADA (COLLAborative Design Activity) file...

.otf

OpenType Font

The OTF (OpenType Font) file format is a widely used standard for digital fonts, developed jointly by Microsoft and Adob...

.acis

ACIS Solid Model

The ACIS file format, identified by the '.acis' or '.sat' (Standard ACIS Text) extension, is a geometric modeling kernel...

.vmdk

Virtual Machine Disk

A VMDK (Virtual Machine Disk) file is a disk image format used by VMware virtualization products, such as VMware Worksta...

.solidworks (sldprt)

SolidWorks Part

A .SLDPRT file is a 3D part file created by SolidWorks, a popular CAD (Computer-Aided Design) software used for designin...

.acis (.sat)

ACIS Solid Model

The .sat file extension is associated with ACIS, a geometric modeling kernel developed by Spatial Corporation (now part ...

.html5

HTML5 Document

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard markup language for creating web pages. HTML5 is the latest major revis...

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