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File extensions used for binary file types

Binary file extension list

File extensions used for binary file types.

A binary file is a computer file which may contain any type of data, encoded in binary form for computer storage and processing purposes. Binary file formats are usually designed to be both compact and efficient to parse, that's their main advantage over text-based formats. Binary file is a file which uses ascii codes that don't show as letters, numbers, or punctuation.

Any executable file is a binary file. So are complex word processing codes which often contain control codes to indicate underlining and other special formats to the program. Sound files, videos, formatted text documents (older document formats of Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org) or e.g. graphics files are other types of binary files.

Due to general meaning of "binary file", this category contains only some file extensions generally classifiable to binary file types or other files which does not fit into more specific file type category.

ExtensionFile type description
.0 file icon file extension .0Inno Setup binary file
0 file icon file extension 0Inno Setup binary file
1 file icon file extension 1Inno Setup binary file
264 file icon file extension 264Alcatel Speed Touch DSL modem firmware update
aab file icon file extension aabAdobe Authorware binary file
ab1 file icon file extension ab1ABIF file format
acu file icon file extension acuNuFX Applelink archive
akm file icon file extension akmAksharamala keymap binary file
akm file icon file extension akmMOM management pack
aks file icon file extension aksAksharamala keymap binary file
ami file icon file extension amiAMI BIOS firmware file
aot file icon file extension aotApplication binary object template file - ZenWorks snAppShot
axf file icon file extension axfAXF file format
bc file icon file extension bcBittorrent unfinished download file
bc! file icon file extension bc!Bittorrent unfinished download file
bdf file icon file extension bdfBdiff Bupdate binary update file
bgf file icon file extension bgfZEMAX binary glass catalog file
bi file icon file extension biBinary file
bi? file icon file extension bi?LoseThos binary executable file
bif file icon file extension bifBinary information file (ASCII file describing image)
bif file icon file extension bifWordPerfect binary information file
bim file icon file extension bimZEMAX binary image file
bin file icon file extension binThomson Speedtouch series WLAN router firmware
bin file icon file extension binAIM AOL Instant Messenger file
bin file icon file extension binOpera encoder file
bin  file icon file extension bin Opera Mobile file
blg file icon file extension blgMicrosoft Windows binary performance log
bny file icon file extension bnyBinary ll format
boo file icon file extension booBootstrap (Kermit protocol binary file)
bpl file icon file extension bplDelphi packed library
bqy file icon file extension bqyNuFX with BLU header
bxy file icon file extension bxyNuFX archive within a Binary II envelope
com file icon file extension comBinary file
ctx file icon file extension ctxVisual Basic user control binary file
daa file icon file extension daaPowerISO Direct-Access-Archive file
dcp file icon file extension dcpDelphi component package file
dcpil file icon file extension dcpilDelphi compiler symbolic information file
dcu file icon file extension dcuDelphi compiled unit file
dcuil file icon file extension dcuilDelphi compiled unit file
dmg file icon file extension dmgOracle binary format dump file
dmt file icon file extension dmtDelphi Runimage Delphi bin file
dpl file icon file extension dplDelphi packed library
dsm file icon file extension dsmDelphi symbol file
ems file icon file extension emsIntergraph Engineering Modelling System file
ess file icon file extension essEkahau Site Survey binary container
exe file icon file extension exePDP-10 Page-Mapped Executable Binary File
exp file icon file extension expASCET binary model description
fcm file icon file extension fcmBinary file patch file
flx file icon file extension flxDataFlex compiled binary
gpl file icon file extension gplGenePix Lab Book format
grb file icon file extension grbGridded binary image file
hdr file icon file extension hdrArcInfo binary file
log file icon file extension logLabVIEW binary datalog
lw file icon file extension lwLightWave Binary
m file icon file extension mMaple common binary file
mat file icon file extension matMATlab variables binary file
mdf file icon file extension mdfVector measurement data format
mo file icon file extension moMessage catalog binary file
neta file icon file extension netaNetica Bayesian network binary file
nvram file icon file extension nvramVMware virtual machine's BIOS state file
oct file icon file extension octRADIANCE Octree Format file
odb file icon file extension odbAbaqus/CAE binary output file
p file icon file extension pMATLAB binary-runtime P-file
part file icon file extension partPartial download file
pbi file icon file extension pbiMicrosoft Source Profiler profiler binary input
pbo file icon file extension pboMicrosoft Source Profiler profiler binary output file
pbt file icon file extension pbtMicrosoft Source Profiler binary table file
pl file icon file extension plLinux Shell executable binary
pld file icon file extension pldOracle Binary Module text form file
ppo file icon file extension ppoFree Pascal compiled unit
qq file icon file extension qqBLU archive
rbf file icon file extension rbfQuartus II RAW binary file
res file icon file extension resDelphi resource file
rock file icon file extension rockRockbox instalation file
sbn file icon file extension sbnArcView spatial index for read-write shapefiles
schdoc file icon file extension schdocAltium Designer schematic capture binary file
sea file icon file extension seaSelf-extracting archive
shk file icon file extension shkShrinkIt compressed Apple II file archive
tct file icon file extension tctBc31 bin file
tpa file icon file extension tpaGROMACS portable binary run input file
tpb file icon file extension tpbGROMACS Portable binary run input file
vdb file icon file extension vdbNorton AntiVirus update file
vmem file icon file extension vmemVMware virtual machine's paging file
vmsn file icon file extension vmsnVMware snapshot state file
vmss file icon file extension vmssVMware suspended state file
wps file icon file extension wpsRockbox Theme
xpp file icon file extension xppxCOMPOSER.pro Multimedia data file
zbf file icon file extension zbfZ-Buffer radiance format


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