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Ada programming language source code
File type: Source code and script file
An a file extension is associated with the Ada, a programming language used to develop mission-critical applications, such as avionics software. An a file stores source code written in Ada.
Found 8 different file type records with the same a filename suffix.
What is a file?
File type category:
Source code and script file
Date updated: April 12, 2018
The a file extension is associated with Ada, is a structured, statically typed, imperative, and object-oriented high-level computer programming language based on Pascal.
It was originally designed by a team led by Jean Ichbiah of CII Honeywell Bull under contract to the United States Department of Defense during 1977–1983 to supersede the hundreds of programming languages then used by the US Department of Defense (DoD).
How to open a file?
Use compatible tools to work with *.a source code files.
Alpha Channel image data
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: May 21, 2019
The a file extension is associated with the Alpha Channel image data format.
The Alpha Channel is this nifty storage area in your image's file for non-visible picture elements. Think of it as your picture's own little private utility closet/filing cabinet. The .psp picture file has these extra goodies stored in its Alpha channel that can just travel around with the picture (unseen until you need them) as a part of the file.
Major items of interest that get stored in the Alpha Channel are Selections, Masks and Creator Information. We can save this stuff to the Alpha channel and then dig it back out later to reuse for editing that picture or using in our other images.
Assembly source code
File type category:
Source code and script file
Date updated: November 13, 2018
The a file extension is associated with the Assembly programming language (Assembler).
An assembly language is a low-level language for programming computers. It implements a symbolic representation of the numeric machine codes and other constants needed to program a particular CPU architecture.
The a file stores source code written in Assembly language.
How to open a file?
Use compatible tools to work with *.a files.
How to convert a file?
Probably can be compiled to other formats.
Free Pascal data
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: February 8, 2019
The a file extension is associated with the Free Pascal, a 32-bit and 64-bit compiler for Pascal programming language running on various platforms, like Windows, Mac, Linux etc.
The .a file stores various data.
How to open a file?
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
How to convert a file?
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Suggested software to open a file:
Associated software actions with the a file
Software apps that create a files:
Free Pascal (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving a files:
Free Pascal (Microsoft Windows)
Hellhog XP game archive file
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Game file
Date updated: July 11, 2024
The A file extension is also used by Hellhog XP an action shooting computer game for Microsoft Windows. An *.a file is a game archive contains game files (maps, graphics, music, sounds, textures).
How to open a file?
Use Dragon UnPACKer to open .a game archive files.
Suggested software to open a file:
Associated software actions with the a file
Software apps that extract a files:
Dragon UnPACKer (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving a files:
Hellhog XP (Microsoft Windows)
Jabbim (Jabber client) data
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: May 22, 2019
The a file extension is associated with the Jabbim, application for chat through Jabber protocol.
Jabber is an open instant messaging technology that anyone can use. The Jabber community runs a worldwide network of free IM services and has created plenty of free software that you can download -- clients for every device and operating system, servers you can run at your organization, and libraries you can use to build your own Jabber applications.
How to open a file?
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
How to convert a file?
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Suggested software to open a file:
Associated software actions with the a file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving a files:
Jabbim (Microsoft Windows)
Red Hat Linux archive
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: November 16, 2017
The a file extension is associated with the Linux, an operating system distribution called Red Hat Linux. It is available for Desktops, Servers and mainframe computers.
The a file stores archived data.
Suggested software to open a file:
Associated software actions with the a file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving a files:
Linux operating systems (Linux/Unix)
Unix static object code library
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: April 28, 2018
The a file extension is associated with the static object code library files used in UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems, like Linux and Mac OS X (macOS).
The static library is basically a set of object files that were copied into a single file.
How to open a file?
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
How to convert a file?
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Suggested software to open a file:
Associated software actions with the a file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving a files:
Unix (Linux/Unix)