File extension is usually three or more characters at the end of the computer file name. File extensions are useful for computer operating systems, like Microsoft Windows or Apple MAC OS X, and basicaly tell them, what kind of data file it is and with which application associated it is.
We have collected a huge amount of informations and created searchable file extension list. At present the File-Extensions.org library contains thousands of file extensions and with each day the database is growing. A large number of file type entries have detailed descriptions, including their current use and a list of applications associated with it and which can handle the unknown file type, you were searching for.
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.flac - Audio files encoded by Flac - free lossless audio codec
Flac file format is open-source audio format that uses lossless audio compression, meaning it does not remove any of the original audio data - compresses audio with no loss in quality.
FLAC file stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Grossly oversimplified, Flac is similar to MP3 format, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in flac without any loss in quality. This is similar to how ZIP works, except with flac you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio, and you can play back compressed flac files in your favorite player (or your car or home stereo, see supported devices) just like you would an MP3 file.
FLAC is freely available and supported on most operating systems, including Windows, "unix" (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, OS X, IRIX), BeOS, OS/2, and Amiga. There are build systems for autotools, MSVC, Watcom C, and Project Builder.
See the features page for a complete list of features, or the comparison page to see how FLAC compares with other lossless codecs.
The FLAC project consists of:
- the stream format
- reference encoders and decoders in library form
- flac, a command-line program to encode and decode FLAC files
- metaflac, a command-line metadata editor for FLAC files
- input plugins for various music players
When we say that FLAC is "Free" it means more than just that it is available at no cost. It means that the specification of the format is fully open to the public to be used for any purpose (the FLAC project reserves the right to set the FLAC specification and certify compliance), and that neither the FLAC format nor any of the implemented encoding/decoding methods are covered by any known patent. It also means that all the source code is available under open-source licenses. It is the first truly open and free lossless audio format.
Associated application: FLAC - Free lossless audio codec, Bluefox FLAC MP3 Converter, Magic FLAC to MP3 Converter, Helium Music Manager, VLC media player, Nero Multimedia Suite, ALLPlayer, Koyote Free Mp3 Wma Converter, BonkEnc Audio Encoder, Magic APE FLAC CD Burner, KMPlayer, Windows Media Player with Plugin, Sound Forge, Adobe Audition, Winamp with FLAC plugin, dBpoweramp family suite, MacFLAC, VLC media player for Mac, Play, All2MP3 for Mac, EasyWMA for Mac, FLAC2Mac, Audacious, Rhythmbox, Jokosher Audio Editor, FLAC for Linux, Xine, gstreamer, Nautilus-Flac-Converter
Help how to open: Use any audio player software that supports flac audio file format. Not all audio or media players are capable to play this audio file by default installation and must have a flac plugin installed.
Windows Media Player and Media Player Classic with third-party flac plugin
Winamp with flac plugin
JetAudio
DBpowerAMP with official flac codec
Quintessential Player with flac plugin
KSP Sound Player including flac plugin by default installation.
MP3 Stream Editor has flac support by normal installation.
Cockos REAPER Multitrack Recorder and Editor
Apple MAC users can use e.g. free player called VOX - a little and simple music player for OSX with support for many file types, including FLAC audio files.
Help how to convert this file type: To convert flac to mp3 use e.g. Magic FLAC to MP3 Converter or search for some other flac to mp3 converter.
Help how to backup this file type: Use any backup software or convert flac file type into another audio format like mp3, aac etc.
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file extension rwstyle - RapidWeaver style file
file extension rwsnippet - RapidWeaver snippet file
file extension vw3 - Volkswriter 3 text file
file extension rwplugin - RapidWeaver plugin file
file extension rt - RealText subtitle file
file extension rmvb - RealMedia variable bitrate file
file extension rmp - Internet audio playlist file
file extension vw - Volkswriter text file
file extension vrs - Corel WordPerfect video resource device driver file
file extension rmi - MIDI-sequention music (RIFF RMID format)
file extension rm - RealMedia
file extension spm - Corel WordPerfect file
file extension rec - Topfield TF5800 record file
file extension ram - Real Audio metafile
file extension r - Sound Designer 2 file
file extension s03 - Corel WordPerfect distribution file
file extension s02 - Corel WordPerfect distribution file
file extension pet - Corel WordPerfect
file extension q2renderer - Quake 2 for Mac renderer plug-in file
file extension nb - Corel Word Perfect notebook file
file extension pxr - Pixar picture file
file extension pvm - Parallels Desktop virtual machine file
file extension lnm - Corel WordPerfect SGML alias file
file extension hwl - Corel WordPerfect hared Writing Tools 9.0 file
file extension frs - Corel WordPerfect screen font resource file
file extension ix2 - Corel WordPerfect Office address book file
file extension ix2 - Corel WordPerfect Office template file
file extension psm1 - Microsoft Windows PowerShell script module file
file extension psdownload - Apple Mac OS X PubSub agent enclosure download file
file extension psd1 - Microsoft Windows PowerShell file
file extension psc1 - Microsoft Windows PowerShell console file
file extension ix - Corel WordPerfect Office template file
file extension proofingtool - Microsoft Office proofing tool file
file extension prfpset - Adobe Premiere Pro effect preset file
file extension prefs - Adobe Soundbooth preference file
file extension pref - Adobe Device Central preferences document file
file extension fmb - WordPerfect for Win File Manager Button bar
file extension irs - Corel WordPerfect IRS resource file
file extension 3rf - Advent 3B2 extensions script cross reference file
file extension tmf - Corel WordPerfect tagged font metric file
file extension ths - Corel WordPerfect Thesaurus dictionary file
file extension tv9 - Corel WordPerfect overflow file
file extension tv8 - Corel WordPerfect overflow file
file extension tv7 - Corel WordPerfect overflow file
file extension tv6 - Corel WordPerfect overflow file
file extension tv5 - Corel WordPerfect overflow file
file extension tv4 - Corel WordPerfect overflow file
file extension tv3 - Corel WordPerfect overflow file
file extension tv2 - Corel WordPerfect overflow file
file extension tv1 - Corel WordPerfect overflow file
file extension tst - Corel WordPerfect printer test file
file extension shw - Corel Presentations Slide Show
file extension ldif - Address book interchange format
file extension docm - Microsoft Word 2007/2010 Open XML macro-enabled document file
file extension docx - Microsoft Word 2007/2010 Open XML document file
file extension doc - Microsoft Word 97 to 2003 document file
file extension gpc - Exported data file format
file extension gpc - Google Page Creator
file extension pptx - Microsoft PowerPoint 2007/2010 Open XML presentation file
file extension plexapp - Plex package file
file extension pkcs12 - Personal information exchange file
file extension pjs - Purejapan Viewer file
file extension pjs - Phoenix Japanimation Society subtitle file
file extension pgn - Portable Game Notation
file extension pfx - Certificate file
file extension peak - Adobe Soundbooth peak data file
file extension pcast - Apple iTunes podcast URL file
file extension panic - Apple Mac OS X Console panic report file
file extension p7s - PKCS #7 Signature
file extension p7r - Response to a security certificate request file
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For an overview of common file types,
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Unhide file extensions in your Windows operating system
By default, the file extensions in Windows operating systems, are hidden. What you can't see and have no idea about, can be for your computer very harmful one day. This can allow virus and other malicious software programmers to distribute executable files disguised as something non-executable. For example, an .exe file may, with hidden file extensions, appear as common text file with name like file-name.txt[.exe], where the true .exe extension is to the user not visible.
There have been a large number of malicious programs or viruses exploiting this default setting of Windows operating systems, which is hiding file extensions from the user. This "feature" can be used to fool users into executing malicious or damaging code by making a file appear to be something it is not.
Multiple email-borne viruses are known to exploit the fact that Microsoft Windows operating systems hide certain file extensions. The first major attack incorporating an element of file extension obfuscation was the VBS/LoveLetter worm. ILOVEYOU or LOVELETTER is a computer worm that successfully attacked tens of millions of Windows computers in 2000. The worm contained an email attachment named "LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs". The vbs extension was hidden by default, which caused that many users just opened it, thinking it was a common text file. Other malicious programs and viruses have ever since incorporated similar naming schemes.
For very those reasons we believe, that hidding file extensions by default, is wrong decision by Microsoft, yet they are still hidden in the new Windows 7. For more informations about executable files, please visit the program executable files section.
Popular file extensions:
List of the file extensions you should know.
file extension torrent - BitTorrent information file
file extension aspx - Active Server Page Extended ASP.NET script File
file extension rar - WinRAR compressed archive
file extension flac - Audio files encoded by Flac - free lossless audio codec
file extension 002 - Compressed file from a multi-volume archive (part 2)
file extension uccapilog - Microsoft Windows Live Messenger UCC API log file
file extension cbr - Comic Book Archive file or ComicBook Reader File
file extension part - Partial download file
file extension xls - Microsoft Excel 97 to 2003 workbook file
file extension srt - Movie subtitle file format (SubRip format)
file extension xlsx - Microsoft Excel 2007/2010 Open XML workbook file
file extension pages - iWork Pages document file
file extension nrg - Nero-Burning ROM CD or DVD image file
file extension pub - Microsoft Publisher document file
file extension dwg - AutoCAD Drawing Database file
file extension m2 - World of Warcraft model object file format
file extension bin - Binary file
file extension dlc - JDownloader download link container
file extension wps - Microsoft Works document file
file extension themepack - Microsoft Windows 7 theme pack file
file extension odt - OpenOffice.org Writer text document
file extension gadget - Windows sidebar gadget file
file extension z01 - Split Multi-volume ZIP compressed file archive (part 2)
file extension djvu - DjVu file bitmap image
file extension 7z - 7-ZIP compressed 7z archive file
file extension menc - Microsoft Windows Mobile encrypted file
file extension vmdk - VMware virtual disk file
file extension uif - MagicISO Universal Image Format - UIF file
file extension pps - Microsoft PowerPoint 97 to 2003 complete slide show file
file extension cdr - CorelDRAW vector image
file extension 003 - Compressed file from a multi-volume archive (part 3)
file extension mp4 - MPEG-4 video file format
file extension daa - PowerISO Direct-Access-Archive file
file extension m4v - MPEG-4 video file format
file extension mpqe - Starcraft 2 encrypted game data file