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Text file type extensions
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File extensions used for text file types
Text file extension list
File extensions used for text file types.
Text file is a kind of computer file which often stores plain text information in ASCII format. ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a character-encoding scheme based on the ordering of the English alphabet. The ASCII standard allows ASCII-only text files to be freely interchanged and readable on Unix, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, DOS, and other platforms. ASCII codes represent text in computers, communications equipment, and other devices that use text.
Modern character-encoding schemes, which support many more characters than did the original, are based on ASCII. Text files have many of file suffixes, but most used file extension which identify simple text is txt or text (Microsoft Windows) and MIME type is "text/plain" (MAC OS X, Linux).
Text files can be simply opened and edited in many of plain text editors (Notepad, Notepad++ and many others).
| Extension | File type description |
| README text file | |
| MS-DOS pipe file | |
| SwiftView ICS Command File | |
| 2d Ascii File Format | |
| README.1st text file | |
| Nintendo 64 memory export file | |
| Maxagrid Avails data file | |
| AC3D geometry file | |
| Dictionary | |
| ADONIS Models and Model Groups export | |
| Lingvo dictionary file | |
| Tamil transliterater/font converter | |
| ANSI text file (ANSI Art) | |
| ApacheConf project file | |
| ArcPad XML file | |
| ASCII text file | |
| ASCII text characters file | |
| AppSight Console Log | |
| ASP text file | |
| Aegisub Advanced SubStation Alpha subtitle file | |
| File extension manager | |
| AceText collection file | |
| Axon text file format | |
| Web Form Data file | |
| ActiveWords | |
| ActiveWords WordBase | |
| ActiveWorlds browser help file | |
| ActiveWords productivity log | |
| ActiveWords Shortcut | |
| ASCII Application Object Template | |
| Basic source code | |
| Microsoft QuickBASIC (QBasic) extended source | |
| Station list | |
| Lingvo dictionary file | |
| Beamer song file | |
| Beamer layout file | |
| Beamer playlist file | |
| yBook eBook file | |
| BIBliography (ASCII) | |
| Movie Magic Screenwiter document backup | |
| Project file | |
| TAC Browser URL file | |
| ICQ 6 boxelyToolkit file | |
| AIM AOL Instant Messenger boxely file | |
| Adobe Acrobat catalog batch PDX file | |
| Braille file | |
| yBook compiled eBook | |
| Bridge Base file | |
| Binary Template Archive | |
| BZFlag map file | |
| Capella gallery data file | |
| Comma-delimited ASCII file | |
| Trojan Spymaster.A text file | |
| DATAIR Cafeteria Document System custom text | |
| Chinese localization language file | |
| CUHP output file | |
| QIP contact list | |
| QIP ignored contacts | |
| QIP invisible list | |
| Windows NT command script file | |
| COMPOZ music text file | |
| Czech language translation file | |
| Comma Delimited text file | |
| ICQ 6 file | |
| ICQ 6 settings file | |
| Comma Separated Value file | |
| CardTable file | |
| Casio calculator text format | |
| Visual Basic control file (Active X control file) | |
| GE Industrial Systems CIMPLICITY text version HMI screen | |
| Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) ciphertext file | |
| CX-Programmer PLC program file | |
| Czech language translation file | |
| Clipper database text | |
| dBFast memo text for database | |
| FoxPro Foxbase style memo | |
| Document Content Description (XML) | |
| German language translation file | |
| Delphi Win32 form file | |
| Description file for Bulletin boards | |
| Description in zip file | |
| Denmark Danish text | |
| Netica Bayesian network text file | |
| Delphi project options file | |
| Document file | |
| ICQ 6 hash file | |
| Text file | |
| PrintView RAW text file | |
| Text file | |
| Document Type Definition | |
| Dutch localization language file | |
| EDI interchange file | |
| EDML Parser-Library file | |
| English language translation file | |
| English localization language file | |
| AIM AOL Instant Messenger file | |
| VBPartner (ErrorPartner) error protocol file | |
| Error log, messages for command line compilers | |
| Spanish language translation file | |
| Extensions to XSLT | |
| Frequently Asked Questions file | |
| French language translation file | |
| Order or registration form | |
| Fielded text | |
| German text/html info file | |
| Note file | |
| Gather log file | |
| AmigaGuide hypertext file | |
| Apache http web server related file | |
| HyperText Markup Language file - web page | |
| Web page file - Hypertext Markup Language | |
| HyperText Markup Language document with server-side include | |
| Chinese (Hanzi) text | |
| Microsoft Live Messenger file | |
| Easy Timesheets file | |
| JAWS text file | |
| Total Commander language file | |
| Pascal file | |
| Text configuration file | |
| GIS Software text input file | |
| Text configuration file (in use) | |
| Italian language translation file | |
| Italian localization language file | |
| PhotoSuite image-based virtual reality text file | |
| Japanese language translation file | |
| MIDI Karaoke file | |
| Korean localization language file | |
| GNU Libtool library | |
| Rhino 3D layer text file | |
| Legal Eagle text file | |
| Bridge Base file | |
| Bridge Base file | |
| LISP translators file | |
| Total Commander language file | |
| XnView addon language file | |
| Log file | |
| HijackThis log file | |
| PDP-10 batch log file | |
| Pro/ENGINEER log file | |
| ProWORX Nxt text log file | |
| Wise installer log | |
| Lyric file | |
| List text file | |
| Adobe Type Manager font list | |
| Family Tree Maker error file | |
| IMail Server list server mail | |
| Ingres dump list file | |
| MicroImages text layout | |
| Apple Safari template file | |
| Unix text manual file | |
| Offline Explorer file | |
| MacWrite II text document | |
| Text file (READ.ME) | |
| Plain text file | |
| Log file | |
| Adobe Dreamweaver configuration commands, _notes file | |
| Total Commander language file | |
| Masterpoint green points file | |
| Microsoft Visual Studio manual test text file | |
| ImageMagick proprietary vector graphics format | |
| nfo readme file, common text file | |
| Text file | |
| Windows NT command script file | |
| 3WayPack file | |
| Omnipotent collection file | |
| OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language) file format | |
| Pascal source file | |
| Epicentric Portal server module Java bean | |
| Pure Data patchfile | |
| Chromeleon batch program | |
| Text file | |
| Perl script language source code file | |
| SalesLogix pick list text file | |
| Microsoft Developer Studio build log | |
| Apple Safari property list XML file | |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator flight plan file | |
| Napster MPEG PlayList file | |
| Pegasus Mail filter rule file | |
| Perl POD-formated text | |
| Text file | |
| OzWin purged messages file | |
| Text file (Lotus 1-2-3/Symphony) | |
| Protext formatted text data file | |
| Professional WritePlus text document | |
| Resource Description Framework RSS feed file | |
| Norton Internet Security 2001 log file | |
| Microsoft Windows report log file | |
| Reply message | |
| Responce text file | |
| Text file | |
| Rich Text document | |
| Russian language translation file | |
| File Crypt password file | |
| Motorola EEPROM programming file | |
| Subtitle file | |
| Text file | |
| Lotus Screen capture text file | |
| StarOffice text file | |
| 3WayPack file | |
| Sitestepper file | |
| System Monitor session | |
| Siemens mobile phone inbox SMS file | |
| Samma Word text file | |
| Sonic Object Configuration file | |
| Spanish localization language file | |
| MOIRA text file | |
| Spanish readme file | |
| Movie subtitle file format (SubRip format) | |
| SubStation Alpha subtitle file | |
| Subtitle file | |
| Movie subtitle file format | |
| Sweden localization language file | |
| Microsoft Windows Notepad text file | |
| TAB separated file | |
| DVICO Tvix log file | |
| Text file | |
| yBook text file | |
| Mac OS X text clipping file | |
| VAX text library | |
| Technics Sx KN 6000 keyboard text lyrics file | |
| Yet Another Tengwar Tool (YaTT) Tengwar text file | |
| STN Express transcript text file | |
| Tab Separated Values | |
| Quartus II tabular text file | |
| 8-bit DOS ASCII text file | |
| LoseThos text file | |
| Clarion exported to text format file | |
| Midas ViewPoint text array list | |
| Clarion for Windows application code in text format | |
| Common simple plain text file | |
| Ascii text parameter description file | |
| Wireshark traffic log | |
| Subtitle file | |
| English language translation file | |
| Unicode text file | |
| English language translation file | |
| American English localization language file | |
| Core Media Player XML universal subtitle format file | |
| Unicode file | |
| Unicode text file | |
| Nokia text message | |
| VMware file | |
| VoiceXML source file | |
| WebEx saved chat session | |
| Microsoft Windows application error report | |
| VRML Worlds (Virtual Reality Modelling Language) | |
| X-file animation file Direct3D | |
| MS SQL Server XML schema file | |
| Acrobat XML data package | |
| Adobe XFDL format XML form | |
| Extensible forms description language file | |
| Extensible HTML file | |
| XLIFF document | |
| XML document | |
| XML format file | |
| Experior Practice Management report | |
| XML schema description file | |
| XML stylesheet file | |
| XSL transform file | |
| Fabtrol MRP file | |
| Xerox Writer document | |
| Crosstalk session file | |
| XMLwriter Project | |
| XyWrite document | |
| XYWrite III document | |
| XY Write III Plus document | |
| XYWrite for Windows 3x/4.0 document | |
| YanCEyWare Reader eBook | |
| yBook text file | |
| YAML document | |
| Zanebug file | |
| Disk volume identification | |
| Zoom Search Engine configuration file | |
| ZX-Edit document block | |
| SwiftView ICS command file | |
| ZX-Editor Graphic Library format | |
| Zortech 21 readme file | |
| Chinese text file | |
| ZX-Editor Second Edition format | |
| Borland C++ Builder backup form definition file |
