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-COMPUTER TERMS
- backbone
- The main international telecommunications networks that carry
Internet traffic
bandwidth - The upper limit on the amount of
data, typically expressed as Kilobits per second (Kbps), that
can pass through a network connection.
- banner
ad - An ad that appears alongside a requested clip or
presentation. A banner ad can also rotate, making new ad images
appear at regular intervals.
- bit -
The smallest unit of measure of data in a computer. A bit has a
binary value, either
0 or
1.
- Baud , bps or
bit rate - A measure of bandwidth, expressed as the
number of bits transmitted per second. A 28.8 Kbps modem, for
example, can transmit or receive around 29,000 bits per second.
All of our media
plays on all computers worldwide!
- buffering
- Receiving and storing data before playing it back. The
initial buffering time is called preroll. After preroll,
excessive buffering may stall the
presentation. Not
on ours!
- Browser
- refers to software used to navigate the world wide web
byte - A common measurement of data. One byte
comprises eight (8) bits.
- Client
- refers to a computer attached to any network, including the
Internet
codec - Coder/decoder. Codecs convert data
between uncompressed and compressed formats, reducing the
bandwidth a clip consumes.
- Domain
name - A n Internet address, for example
www.wcie.net
E-mail - Is short for electronic mail sent to
one or more persons over the internet. The defining
characteristic is the @ for exsample holyword@gte.net
encoding - Converting a file into a
compressed, streaming format. For example, you can encode WAV
files as Real Audio.
FTP - A system for moving or copying files
from a remote computer or server to another computer.
FAQ- Frequently asked questions along with
their answers posted on the web.
- HTTP
- The protocol used by Web servers to communicate with Web
browsers. Real Server can use HTTP, but it streams clips to
Real Player with RTSP. See also CHTTP.
HTML - Hypertext Markup Language is a special
programming language used to make information compatable with
the internet.
Hypertext - Highlighted words on web pages
that enable you to jump from one page to another.
IP Address -A unique internet protocol address
assigned to a specific computer connected to the internet.
ISDN - A regular telephone line that has been
modified to transmit voice or data using digital signals
instead of analog(About 10 times faster then regular phone
service.
- ISP -
Internet Service Provider. A company that provides access to
the Internet. Many ISPs have Real Server available to stream
media clips. We
have the BEST! used by Disney, ABC etc.
JAVA
- A software language allowing people to build interactive web
sites.
- Kilobit
- A common unit of data measurement equal to 1024 bits. A
Kilobit is usually referred to in the context of bit rate per
unit of time, such as Kilobits per second (Kbps).
- Kilobyte
- A common unit of data measurement equal to 1024 bytes. Also
equal to 8 Kilobits.
Link - A hypertext code that allows people to
move from one document to another by cliking the mouse on the
link.
Modem - A devise that allows a computer to
conect and communicate over telephone lines.
- preroll
- Buffering that occurs at the start of a presentation. Preroll
should be 15 seconds or less.
- RealAudio
- A Real System clip type for streaming audio over a network.
Real Audio clips use the
.rm or .ra
extension.
- RealText
- A Real System clip type (file extension
.rt) for
streaming text over a network. It uses a mark-up language for
formatting text.
- real-time
- Delivered as it occurs. For example, a live broadcast is
streamed across a network in real-time.
- RealVideo
- A Real System clip type for streaming video over a network.
Real Video clips use the
.rm extension.
We have the best on
the web !
- rotating
banner ads - Banner advertisements that change at a
specified interval, such as a new ad banner every 30
seconds.
- RTSP -
The open, standards-based control protocol RealServer
uses to stream clips to RealPlayer or any RTP-based client.
Contrast to HTTP.
- server
- A software application, such as a Web server or RealServer,
that sends clips over a network. or a computer that runs server
software.
- SMIL
- Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language. A mark-up
language for specifying how and when each clip plays. SMIL
files use the extension
.smil or .smi.
We are pioneers in
the use of this technology
- stream
- To send a media clip over a network so that it begins playing
back as quickly as possible.
- URL -
Uniform Resource Locator. A location description that lets a
Web browser or RealPlayer receive a clip stored on a Web server
or RealServer.
Common
Internet File Formats
Various File
Formats
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File Suffix
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Format Description & Type
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How to deal with it
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.au
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.au is the most common sound format found on the web.
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Use Sound
Player to play it
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Use Waveform
Hold and Modify to play
it
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Use Waveform
Hold and Modify to play
it
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.aiff
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.aiff is also a semi-common sound format.
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Use Sound
Player to play it
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Use Waveform
Hold and Modify to play
it
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Use Waveform
Hold and Modify to play
it
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.bin
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Macbinary II Encoded File. Make sure to download as
MacBinary or Binary.
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Use Stuffit
Expander to turn back into a
usable Macintosh file if it isn't already.
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N/A
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N/A
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.doc
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May be a DOS/Windows program or a DOS/Windows Self
Extracting Archive
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Use MS-Word
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Use WordView
to quickly display MS-Word documents
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Use WordView
to quickly display MS-Word documents
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.exe
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May be a DOS/Windows program or a DOS/Windows Self
Extracting Archive
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N/A
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Download and launch it in its own
temporary directory, it may spawn a number of files and
directories. Self Extracting
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Download and launch it in its own
temporary directory, it may spawn a number of files and
directories. Self Extracting
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.gif
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GIF (Graphical Interchange Format), though not the most
economical, is the most common graphics format found on the
Internet.
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Use GIFConverter
or JPEG
View
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Use Lview
Pro to view these
graphics
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Use PolyView
to view these graphics
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.gz
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.gz is the Gnu version of zip. It is a compression method
developed for use on UNIX systems.
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Use macgzip to view and extract
archives.
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Use WinZIP
to view and extract archives.
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Use WinZIP
to view and extract archives.
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.html
.htm
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HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), the code the web is
written in. Plain text file.
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Use Netscape
for MacIntosh to view the file
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Use Netscape
for Windows 3.1x to view the file
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Use Netscape
for Windows95 and Windows NT to view the file
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.hqx
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BinHex 4.0 - Encodes a Macintosh file into 7-bit text so
it can be safely transfered. Most Mac files appear in
.hqx
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Use Stuffit
Expander
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Use BinHex13
in a DOS window to un-binhex it
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Use BinHex13
in a DOS window to un-binhex it
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.image
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Macintosh Disk Image, most commonly found on Apple's FTP
sites.
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Use Shrink
Wrap to mount the disk image, and
deal with it like you would a floppy
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N/A
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N/A
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.jpg
.jpeg
.jfif
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JPEG/JFIF, a 24 bit graphic format
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Use JPEG
View
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Use Lview
Pro to view these
graphics
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Use PolyView
to view these graphics
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.mpg
.mpeg
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MPEG, the standard movie platform for the 'net.
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Use sparkle
to play them, or to convert them to QuickTime.
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Use VMPEG
with win32s to play MPEGs
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Use VMPEG
or Ladybug
to play MPEGs
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.mov
.qt
.movie
.moov
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QuickTime Movie, Apple Macintosh native movie
platform
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Use Sparkle,
FastPlayer, MoviePlayer, SimpleText, MicrosoftWord...and
many others. If the movie appears totaly white, you may need
to use the Apple
Quicktime VR Player to see
them.
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Use QuickTime
for Windows
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Use QuickTime
for Windows
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.pdf
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Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format, download as
Binary
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Use Adobe
Acrobat Reader or Adobe
Acrobat
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Use Adobe
Acrobat Reader or Adobe
Acrobat
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Use Adobe
Acrobat Reader or Adobe
Acrobat
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.ps
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Postscript file. Plain text file, but not really
human-readable.
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Send to a Postscipt printer with
Laserwriter
Font Utility or view it onscreen
using Ghostscript
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View it onscreen using Ghostscript
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View it onscreen using Ghostscript
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.sit
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Stuffit Archive - Binary
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Download as MacBinary, and use
Stuffit
Expander
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Use UnSit
in a DOS window
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Use UnSit
in a DOS window
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.sea
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Macintosh Self Extracting Archive
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Download as MacBinary, and launch it.
Self Extracting
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N/A
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N/A
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.tar
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UNIX tar program takes seperate files and turns them into
one file. Often also compressed. Extensions such .tar.Z,
.tar.gz and .tgz (latter two are equivalent) requires
decompression first, then un-tar. Some UNIX ftp servers will
un-tar a file if you request it without the ".tar"
extention.
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Download and use Tar
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Use WinZIP
to view and extract archives.
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Use WinZIP
to view and extract archives.
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.tiff
.tif
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TIFF is a very large high quality image format.
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Use JPEGView
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Use Lview
Pro to view these
graphics
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Use PolyView
to view these graphics
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.txt
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A plain boring old Text File
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Use Microsoft Word, Simple Text, BBEdit,
whatever!
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Use the 16 bit version of
Programmer's File
Editor
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Use the 32 bit version of
Programmer's File
Editor
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.uu
.uue
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A uuencoded file. Typically this is done on a UNIX
command line:
uuencode OriginalFileName
SecondFilename > EncodedFile.uu
Then, after running:
uudecode EncodedFile.uu
One gets a file generated named:
SecondFileName
Using .uu as the extension is not required but is considered
politely explanatory for what type of file it is. Increasing
numbers of desktop mail and newsreading programs will handle
this type of encoding on the fly.
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Use UU Undo to uudecode
it
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Use WinCode
to uudecode it
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Use ESS-Code
to uudecode it
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.wav
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Windows Wave format sound file
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You can use SoundApp
to play .wav files
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Use Waveform
Hold and Modify to play
it
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Use Waveform
Hold and Modify to play
it
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.Z
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Unix Compressed File
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If you are downloading via ftp most ftp
servers will uncompress for you if you drop the ".Z".
Otherwise use Stuffit
Expander w/EE.
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Use WinZIP
to view and extract archives.
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Use WinZIP
to view and extract archives.
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.zip
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pkzip, a common DOS/Windows compression format
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Use ZipIt,
Stuffit Expander
w/ EE, or MacUnZip
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Use WinZIP
to view and extract archives.
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Use WinZIP
to view and extract archives.
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Common File Formats
ACE - ACE Archiver compression file.
AIF - Audio Interchange File used with SGI and Macintosh
applications.
ANI - Animated cursors used in Microsoft Windows.
API - Application Program Interface.
ART - Clipart.
ASC - ASCII text file.
ASM - Assembler code.
ASP - Microsoft Active Server Page.
AVI - Audio/Video Interleaved used for Windows based movies.
BAK - Backup Files.
BAS - BASIC programming language sourcecode.
BAT - MS-DOS batch file.
BFC - Briefcase document used in Windows.
BIN - Binary File.
BIN - MacBinary-encoded files.
BMP - Bitmap format.
BUD - Backup Disk for Quicken by Intuit.
BZ2 - Bzip2-compressed files.
C - C source file.
CAT - Security Catalog file.
CBL - Cobol code.
CBT - Computer Based Training.
CDA - Compact Disc Audio Track.
CDT - Corel Draw Template file.
CFML - ColdFusion Markup Language.
CGI - Common Gateway Interface. Web based programs and
scripts.
CHM - Compiled HTML Help files used by Windows.
CLASS - Javascript Class file.
CLP - Windows Clipboard file.
CMD - Dos Command File.
COM - Command File.
CPL - Control panel item - The settings in Control Panels
represent
CPL files in the Windows\System folder.
CPP - C++ programming language source code.
CSS - Cascading Style Sheet. Creates a common style reference for
a set of web pages.
CSV - Comma Separated Values format.
CMF - Corel Metafile.
CUR - Cursor in Microsoft Windows.
DAO - Registry Backup file for Windows registry.
DAT - Data file.
DD - Compressed Archive by Macintosh DiskDoubler.
DEB - Debian packages.
DEV - Device Driver.
DIC - Dictionary file.
DIR - Macromedia Director file.
DLL - Dynamic Linked Library. Microsoft application file.
DOC - Document format for Word Perfect and Microsoft Word.
DOT - Microsoft Word Template.
DRV - Device Driver.
DS - TWAIN Data source file.
DUN - Dial-up networking configuration file.
DWG - Autocad drawing.
DXF - Autocad drawing exchange format file.
EMF - Enhanced Windows Metafile.
EML - Microsoft Outlook e-mail file.
EPS - Encapsulated PostScript supported by most graphics
programs.
EPS2 - Adobe PostScript Level II Encapsulated Postscript.
EXE - DOS based executable file which is also known as a
program.
FFL - Microsoft Fast Find file.
FFO - Microsoft Fast Find file.
FLA - Macromedia Flash movie format.
FNT - Font file.
GIF - Graphics Interchange Format that supports animation. Created
by CompuServe and used primarily for web use.
GID - Windows global index. Contains the index information used by
"Help" in Windows.
GRP - Microsoft Program Manager Group.
GZ - Unix compressed file.
HEX - Macintosh binary hex(binhex) file.
HLP - Standard help file.
HT - HyperTerminal files.
HQX - Macintosh binary hex(binhex) file.
HTM - Hyper Text Markup. This markup language is used for web
design.
HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language. This markup language is used
for web design.
ICL - Icon Library File.
ICM - Image Color Matching profile.
ICO - Microsoft icon image.
INF - Information file used in Windows.
INI - Initialization file used in Windows.
JAR - Java Archive. A compressed java file format.
JPEG - Compression scheme supported by most graphics programs and
used predominantly for web use.
JPG - More common extension for JPEG described above.
JS - JavaScript File - A text file containing JavaScript
programming code.
LAB - Microsoft Excel mailing labels.
LGO - Windows 9x startup logo.
LIT - eBooks in Microsoft Reader format.
LNK - Windows 9x shortcut file.
LOG - Application log file.
LSP - Autocad(visual) lisp program.
MAQ - Microsoft Access Query.
MAR - Microsoft Access Report.
MDB - Microsoft Access DataBase File.
MDL - Rose model file. Opens with Visual Modeler or Rational
Rose.
MID - MIDI music file.
MOD - Microsoft Windows 9.x kernel module.
MOV - Quicktime movie.
MP3 - MPEG Audio Layer 3.
MPEG - Animation file format.
MPP - Microsoft Project File.
MSG - Microsoft Outlook message file.
MSG - Fidonet messages.
NCF - Netware command File.
NLM - Netware loadable Module.
O - Object file, used by linkers.
OCX - ActiveX Control: A component of the Windows environment.
OGG - Ogg Vorbis digitally encoded music file.
OST - Microsoft Exchange/Outlook offline file.
PAK - WAD file that contains information about levels, settings,
maps, etc for Quake and Doom.
PCL - Printer Control Language file. PCL is a Page Description
Language developed by HP.
PCT - Macintosh drawing format.
PDF - Portable Document File by Adobe. Viewable in a web browser
or
with Adobe Acrobat.
PDF - Printer Description File. Provides printer support for
certain
applications.
PDR - Port driver for windows 95. It is actually a virtual device
driver (vxd).
PHP - Web page that contains a PHP script.
PHTML - Web page that contains a PHP script.
PIF - Program Information File
PIF - Vector graphics GDF file(IBM Mainframe)
PIF - Macintosh Compressed archive
PL - Perl source code file.
PM - Perl Module.
PM3 - PageMaker 3.0 document.
PM4 - PageMaker 4.0 document.
PM5 - PageMaker 5.0 document.
PM6 - PageMaker 6.0 document.
PNG - Portable Network Graphic file.
POL - System Policy file for Windows NT.
POT - Microsoft PowerPoint design template.
PPD - PostScript Printer description file used in Macintosh and
Windows operating systems to provide printer specific features to a
driver.
PPS - Microsoft PowerPoint slide show.
PPT - Microsoft PowerPoint presentation(default extension).
PRN - A print file created as the result of "printing to
file".
PS - PostScript file.
PSD - Native Adobe Photoshop format.
PSP - Paint Shop Pro image.
PST - Personal Folder File for Microsoft Outlook.
PUB - Microsoft Publisher document.
PWL - Windows Password list file.
QIF - Quicken Import file.
RAM - RealAudio Metafile.
RAR - RAR compressed archive created by Eugene Roshall.
RAW - Raw File Format.
RDO - Raster Document Object. Proprietary file type used on Xerox
Digipath Scan and Makeready workstations.
REG - Registry file that contains registry settings.
RM - RealAudio video file.
RPM - RedHat Package Manager.
RSC - Standard resource file.
RTF - Rich Text Format.
SCR - Screen Saver file.
SEA - Self-extracting archive for Macintosh Stuffit files.
SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language.
SH - Unix shell script.
SHTML - HTML file that supports Server Side Includes(SSI).
SIT - Compressed Macintosh Stuffit files.
SMD - SEGA mega drive ROM file.
SVG - Adobe scalable vector graphics file.
SWF - Shockwave Flash file by Macromedia.
SWP - DOS swap file.
SYS - Windows system file used for hardware configuration or
drivers.
TAR - Unix Tape Archive.
TGA - Targa bitmap.
TIFF - Tagged Image File Format. Universal graphics format
supported
by most graphics applications.
TMP - Windows temporary file.
TTF - True Type font.
TXT - Text Format.
UDF - Uniqueness Definition File. Used for Windows unattended
installations.
UUE - UU-encoded file.
VBX - Microsoft Visual basic extension.
VM - Virtual Memory file.
VXD - Windows 9x virtual device driver.
WAV - Waveform sound file.
WMF - Windows Metafile (graphics format).
WRI - Write Document: This is equivalent to RTF, Rich Text Format,
that enables saving text with formatting information.
WSZ - Winamp Skin.
XCF - The GIMP's native image format.
XIF - Wang imaging file. Wang Image Viewer comes with Windows
95/2000.
XIF - Xerox Image file (same as TIFF).
XIF - Image file eXtended by ScanSoft is similar to TIFF and is a
Pagis application format.
XLS - Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet.
XLT - Microsoft Excel Template.
XML - Extensible markup language.
XSL - XML style sheet.
ZIP - Compressed Zip archive.
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resources visit www.techtutorials.com
Where to get Software packages
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Freeware program from Adobe
to read Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format files.
Source site: http://www.adobe.com/Software/Acrobat/
- BinHex13
- Use this in a DOS window to get the original file.
ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/simtelnet/msdos/mcintosh/
- ESS-Code
- A Windows 32 bit program. Allows drag and drop
uuencoding/decoding and MIME support. Look for tile name like
ecdXXw95.zip where XX is a version number
ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win95/txtutil/
- Ghostscript
- Freeware program for viewing Postscript files on screen,
saving to PICT format, etc. The program requires that you install
a large (~6 MB) collection of files though. It also crashes
alot.
Macintosh source site: http://www.glyphic.com/glyphic/projects/macgs.html
To run Aladdin Ghostscript on a PC you need gs###ini.zip,
gs###fn1.zip and one of gs###dos.zip, gs###os2.zip, gs###win.zip
or gs###w32.zip. Be sure to read the README and Index files in
this directory.
ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/aladdin/
- GIFConverter
- Shareware program (~$30) for viewing and converting between
GIF, PICT, TIFF, RLE, JPEG (JFIF), EPSF, RIFF, Macpaint,
StartupScreen and "Scan Image" formats. Some primitive file
editing can be done such as cropping and re-sizing
(scale-by-percent) and adjusting file resolution and dither
pattern. GIFConverter will save GIFs in Interlaced format if you
choose, but cannot handle transparent colors.
The main site: http://www.kamit.com/gifconverter.html
Alternate: http://www.macworld.com/cgi-bin/software.pl/Graphics/Software.32.html
In Japan: http://www.commerce.or.jp/free/d/gifconverter2.3.7.html
- JPEGView
- JPEGView is a freeware graphic program to read GIF, JPEG,
TIFF, and PICT files. Runs fast and will dither nicely to any size
of screen/color palette.
Source Site: http://www.macworld.com/software/Software.832.html
Via FTP: ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu:/systems/mac/umich.edu/powermac/jpegview3.31.sit.hqx
- Ladybug
- The Ladybug 1.00 for Windows95/NT can only play MPEG files
less than 800KB but it looks promising, watch for updates.
ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win95/desktop/
- Laserwriter Font Utility
- This comes with your Macintosh. It's on the Printing Tools
disk, or it may already be installed in your Utilities folder. If
you need to download it from Apple, you can.
Source site: http://www.support.apple.com/
- Lview Pro
- Lviewpro provides support for a variety of graphics formats
including GIF '89 (transparent backgrounds), conversion between
different formats and image editing functions.
Pick it up at ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/win3/graphics
- Netscape
- Netscape is by far the fastest and most powerfull World
Wide Web browser.
http://home.mcom.com/comprod/mirror/index.html
- PolyVie
- PolyView is a Windows NT/95 program that displays GIF, JPEG,
TIFF, and photo-cd graphics files and converts between these file
formats.
ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win95/desktop/
- Programmer's File Editor
- Programmer's File Editor is a large-capacity multi-file
programming oriented editor for Windows 3.1x, Windows NT on Intel
and PowerPC platforms, and Windows 95. Get the 16 bit version
(pfeXXXX.zip) at ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/util/
Get the 32 bit version (pfeXXXXX.zip) at ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/util/
- QuickTime
- QuickTime is Apple's video format. Players for Macintosh and
Windows are available.
http://quicktime.apple.com/
- Quicktime VR Player
- This is a QuickTime moview player that will aslo play
QuickTine VR movies
Source Site: http://qtvr.quicktime.apple.com/InMac.htm
More Information: http://qtvr.quicktime.apple.com/
- Shrinkwrap
- Shrinkwrap is a free Mac utility that allows you to mount and
use disk image files as if they were a mounted floppy disk. You
can also copy disk images to floppies with Shrinkwrap by simply
dragging the floppy icon onto Shrinkwrap.
http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/mac/pub-mac-compression.html#shrinkwrap-142
- Sound Player
- Sound Player is a multipurpose sound program that can record
and play back .au and aiff format sounds.
ftp://romulus.ucs.uoknor.edu:/.disks/6f/mac/sound/soundutil/soundmachine2.1.cpt.hqx
ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com:/.3/net/infosys/gopher/Macintosh-TurboGopher/helper-applications/SoundMachine21.cpt.hqx
http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/mac/pub-mac-sound.html
- SoundApp
- SoundApp is a small featureless program that will play most
audio files you may find
http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/mac/pub-mac-sound.html
- Sparkle
- Sparkle is the best MPEG player for the mac. You can play and
convert between Quicktime and MPEG.
Sumex: ftp://sumex-aim.stanford.edu/info-mac/grf/util
Or try ftp://ftp.utexas.edu/pub/mac/graphics/sparkle-245-fat.hqx
- Stuffit Expander with Expander
Enchancer
- Stuffit Expander is the decompression program for the
mac. With Expander Enchancer (It is installed when you install
DropStuff) you can expand a LOT of formats!
get both Stuff Expander and Drop Stuff w/ EE from Aladdin
at ftp://ftp.aladdinsys.com/Pub/
- Tar
- Tar 4.0 will read and write tar files.
gopher://gopher.archive.umich.edu:7055/40/mac/util/compression/tar4.0b.sit.hqx
- UNSIT
- UNSIT is a simple utility for PC users to extract files from a
StuffIt file.
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtel/msdos/mac/
- UU Undo
- UU Undo is a simple program to decode uu encoded files on the
mac.
http://www.med.cornell.edu/~giles/projects.html#uuundo
- VMPEG
- VMPEG can play MPEG system layer streams containing both video
and audio. This is a win32s program.
ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/desktop/
- Waveform Hold and Modify (WHAM)
- WHAM provides support for a variety of formats, conversion
between them and file editing functions.
Pick it up from ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/cica/audio/
- WinCode
- Wincode is a Windows 3.x program which converts 8-bit BINARY
(EXE, COM,GIF, etc) files to 7-bit ASCII (Text) files (and vice
versa) through a process known as bit-shifting. Wincode currently
supports UU/XX and Base64 (MIME 1.0 conformant) coding.
To be had from http://www.winsite.com/info/pc/win3/util/wincode.zip/
- WinZip
- WinZip is an essential tool for it's excellent handling of
many different archiving and compression formats. Downloads as a
self-extracting archive.
Get the 16 bit version (winzipXX.exe) at ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/cica/win3/util/
Get the 32 bit version (wzntXX.exe) at ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/nt/
- WordView
- For MS-Windows users, displaying Microsoft Word documents
without having to allocate the memory resources required to fire
up MS-Word is very handy. Get yours at
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/
- ZipIt
- A fast program for the Macintosh to extract and create Zip
archives.
Home Site: http://www.awa.com/softlock/zipit/zipit.html
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