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HDF

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Hierarchical Data Format

File type: Source code and script file

Files with hdf file extension are objects files in the Hierarchical Data Format.

Found 3 different file type records with the same hdf filename suffix.

What is hdf file?

File type category:
Source code and script file

Date updated: December 4, 2017

The hdf file extension is commonly used for Hierarchical Data Format. It is a library and multi-object file format for the transfer of graphical and numerical data between machines. It is freely available. The distribution consists of the HDF library, the HDF command line utilities, and a test suite (source code only).

Features of the HDF File Format:

  • It is versatile. HDF supports several different data models. Each data model defines a specific aggregate data type and provides an API for reading, writing, and organizing data and metadata of the corresponding type. Data models supported include multidimensional arrays, raster images, and tables.
  • It is self-describing, allowing an application to interpret the structure and contents of a file without any outside information.
  • It is flexible. With HDF, you can mix and match related objects together in one file and then access them as a group or as individual objects. Users can also create their own grouping structures using an HDF feature called vgroups.
  • It is extensible. It can easily accommodate new data models, regardless of whether they are added by the HDF development team or by HDF users.
    It is portable. hdf files can be shared across most common platforms, including many workstations and high performance computers. An hdf file created on one computer can be read on a different system without modification.

mime types:
application/x-hdf

How to open hdf file?

You can work with these files in any supported software.

Suggested software to open hdf file:

Associated software actions with the hdf file

Software applications that can open hdf files:

Microsoft Windows

Multiplatform

Software applications that can edit hdf files:

Microsoft Windows

Software capable of saving hdf files:

Microsoft Windows

Programs for viewing hdf files:

Microsoft Windows

Amiga hard disk image

File type category:
Emulator file
Disk image (ISO) binary file

Date updated: April 12, 2018

The hdf file extension is also used in several emulators for a special disk image format that mimics IDE hard drive from old Amiga, ZX-Spectrum and perhaps other brands of computers.

How to open hdf file?

You can mount these images using any supported emulation software.

How to convert hdf file?

Probably cannot be converted to other image formats.

Suggested software to open hdf file:

Associated software actions with the hdf file

Software applications that can open hdf files:

Microsoft Windows

Software apps that extract hdf files:

Microsoft Windows

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Software applications that handle other tasks involving hdf files:

Microsoft Windows

Help document

File type category:
Database file

Date updated: September 25, 2018

Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.

The hdf file extension is associated with the Help Development Kit, an app used to create DOS help databases, Windows help (WinHelp), OS/2 (IPF) and DESQview/X help source files.

The hdf file stores various data used for internal purposes of the Help Development Kit.

Mime types:
application/x-hdf

Suggested software to open hdf file:

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Help Development Kit
Hypertext help database development kit

Associated software actions with the hdf file

Software applications that handle other tasks involving hdf files:

Microsoft Windows

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