PL candidates (391)
Wikidata items that look like programming languages — markup,
query, serialization, DSL, specification, or stylesheet languages
with a Wikipedia article — that aren't in pl_list.txt
yet. The strict filter is documented in
tools/build_pl_candidates.py; the broader 500-item
and 13k-item tiers are deliberately excluded to keep precision
high.
file format: 348 · file format family: 44 · markup language: 1
Click Use as new PL ↗ on any row to open the Add-PL form pre-filled with the entry's name, Wikipedia URL, and all its P1195 extensions. One submission → standard pl-add pipeline → draft PR → review + merge.
| Candidate | Kind (Wikidata P31) | P1195 extensions | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| .DS_Store Q307271 proprietary format hidden file | file format | .ds_store | Use as new PL ↗ |
| .htpasswd Q2996704 configuration file | file format | .htpasswd | Use as new PL ↗ |
| .properties Q1068805 file extension | file format | .properties | Use as new PL ↗ |
| .sys Q1192568 filename extension | file format | .sys | Use as new PL ↗ |
| .txt file Q124097900 | file format | .txt | Use as new PL ↗ |
| 3DXML Q2816480 3D file format | file format | .3dxml | Use as new PL ↗ |
| 8-Bit Sampled Voice Q4645195 file format | file format | .iff .8svx | Use as new PL ↗ |
| ACE 1 Q288256 archive file format | file format | .ace | Use as new PL ↗ |
| ACE file format Q4650636 genomic file format | file format | .ace | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Activity Streams Q4677626 file format | file format | .json | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Adaptive Multi-Rate audio codec Q4676210 audio compression format optimized for speech coding | file format | .amr .3ga | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Amiga Disk File Q4746193 file format | file format | .adf .adz | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Android App Bundle Q108182078 Android application publishing file format | file format | .aab | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Android Secure encrypted file Q21462816 file format | file format | .asec | Use as new PL ↗ |
| ANIM Q4652973 file format | file format | .anim | Use as new PL ↗ |
| animated GIF Q11201061 GIF image with animation | file format | .gif | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Apple Disk Image Q1228757 disk image file format developed by Apple and commonly used by macOS | file format | .image .dmg .img .smi | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Apple Lossless Q621277 audio coding format | file format | .caf .m4a | Use as new PL ↗ |
| AppleLink Package Compression Format Q19599377 file format | file format | .pkg | Use as new PL ↗ |
| ArchiCAD library part Q4786175 | file format | .gsm | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Atari SAP music format Q4812839 file format | file format | .sap | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Audio Video Interleave Q209054 file format | file format | .avi | Use as new PL ↗ |
| AV1 Image File Format Q59913607 open image file format in the AVIF container | file format | .avif | Use as new PL ↗ |
| AVCHD Q379770 file-based format for the digital recording and playback of high-definition video | file format | .avchd | Use as new PL ↗ |
| B1 Q17005053 open archive file format | file format | .b1 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Bak file Q4848973 Filename extension used for backup copies | file format | .bak | Use as new PL ↗ |
| BBeB Q921895 file format | file format | .lrs .lrx .lrf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Be-Music Source Q4875438 file format for rhythm action games | file format | .bms | Use as new PL ↗ |
| BED Q16530692 text file format for storing genomic regions as coordinates and associated annotations | file format | .bed | Use as new PL ↗ |
| BIM Collaboration Format Q59210786 structured file format | file format | .bcf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| BinHex Q777561 file format | file format | .hex .hqx .hcx | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Blorb Q4928413 package format for interactive fiction games | file format | .glb .zlb .zblorb .blorb .gblorb .blb | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Blu-ray Disc Audio-Video MPEG-2 Transport Stream container file format Q2609791 container file format | file format | .mts .m2ts | Use as new PL ↗ |
| BOM Q17989653 file format | file format | .bom | Use as new PL ↗ |
| BSAVE Q4836515 image file format | file format | .scn .pic .cgx .bsv | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Cabinet Q194831 file format | file format | .cab | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Card Verifiable Certificate Q1035647 Digital Certificate | file format | .cv .cvcert | Use as new PL ↗ |
| CCP4 Q5009675 file format | file format | .ccp4 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| CDX Format Q5010021 file format for two-dimensional atomic coordinates, chemical bond information and metadata | file format | .cdx | Use as new PL ↗ |
| CDXML Q5010020 CDX file specially formatted so that it conforms to the XML specification | file format | .cdxml | Use as new PL ↗ |
| certificate signing request Q627554 message from an applicant to a certificate authority to apply for a digital identity certificate; lists the public key the certificate should be issued for, identifying information (e.g. domain name) and integrity protection (e.g. digital signature) | file format | .p10 .csr | Use as new PL ↗ |
| CFD General Notation System Q2931409 file format | file format | .cgns | Use as new PL ↗ |
| CFS Q5010817 open file format for archiving and compressing files | file format | .cfs | Use as new PL ↗ |
| ChordPro Q5616826 simple markup for chords and lyrics | file format | .pro .cho .crd .chopro | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Compact Disc Audio track Q1120915 filename extension | file format | .cda | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Computable Document Format Q1122075 file format | file format | .cdf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Control Panel Applet Q18245359 Windows portable executable file format | file format | .cpl | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Core Audio Format Q2997216 audio file format | file format | .caf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Corel Photo-Paint Image Q5013743 file format | file format | .cpt | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Creative Voice File Q27967410 file format | file format | .voc | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Cross-Platform Installer Module Q1546911 file format standing for Cross-Platform Install | file format | .xpi | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Cryptographic Message Syntax Q904873 cryptographic standard | file format | .cmsc | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Crystallographic Information File Q2713137 file format for representing crystallographic information | file format | .cif | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Data Interchange Format Q5227180 spreadsheet file format | file format | .dif | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Design Web Format Q1196547 file format | file format | .dwf .dwfx | Use as new PL ↗ |
| device independent file format Q901031 output file format of the TeX typesetting program | file format | .dvi | Use as new PL ↗ |
| DGN Q3027596 file format | file format | .dgn | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Direct Access Archive Q2307314 file format for disk images | file format | .daa | Use as new PL ↗ |
| DirectDraw Surface Q741654 file format | file format | .dds | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Disk Masher System Q1228770 disk image format used on Amiga computers | file format | .dms | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Dolby TrueHD Q29435 advanced lossless multi-channel audio codec | file format | .thd | Use as new PL ↗ |
| dotXSI Q5299371 | file format | .xsi | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Downloadable Sounds Q5205563 file format usually associated with MIDI data | file format | .dls | Use as new PL ↗ |
| DV Q3796889 format for storing digital video | file format | .dv | Use as new PL ↗ |
| dynamic-link library Q380319 Microsoft's implementation of the shared library concept in Windows and OS/2 | file format | .dll | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Efficient XML Interchange Q1124477 file format | file format | .exi | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Electronic Design Interchange Format Q388116 file format | file format | .edo .edn .edf .edi | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Encoded Archival Description Q1340077 XML standard for encoding archival finding aids | file format | .sgm .sgml | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Enterprise Application aRchive Q634978 file format | file format | .ear | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Envoy Q5381415 portable document file format | file format | .evy | Use as new PL ↗ |
| eXtended Binary Q8041702 file format | file format | .xb | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Extended Common Object File Format Q5322705 file format | file format | .so .o | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Extended Log Format Q5421818 log file format, based on Common Log Format | file format | .log | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Extended Module Q376852 module file format native to FastTracker 2 | file format | .xm | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Extensible MPEG-4 Textual Format Q5421923 high-level, XML-based file format for storing MPEG-4 data in a way suitable for further editing | file format | .xmt | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Extensible Music Format Q8042305 tree-based digital container format used to bundle music-oriented content | file format | .xmf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| FASTA format Q1593782 file format used to store nucleotide or amino acid sequences | file format | .fasta .fa | Use as new PL ↗ |
| FASTQ format Q3063023 nucleic acid sequence and base qualities file format | file format | .fq .fastq | Use as new PL ↗ |
| File change log Q5448342 | file format | .log | Use as new PL ↗ |
| file shortcut Q1109779 handle in a user interface that allows the user to find a file or resource | file format | .desktop .lnk | Use as new PL ↗ |
| FILE_ID.DIZ Q1952708 plain-text file describing the archive to which it belongs | file format | .diz | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Flexible Image Transport System Q1428303 file format | file format | .fit .fts .fits | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Flow Cytometry Standard format Q105855131 file format | file format | .fcs | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Forsyth–Edwards Notation Q719519 text file format that represents a board position in a game of chess | file format | .fen | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Free Lossless Image Format Q21104579 raster graphics format | file format | .flif | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Game Boy Sound Q5519821 file format | file format | .gbs | Use as new PL ↗ |
| GDSII stream format Q1485017 database file format for data exchange of integrated circuit layout artwork | file format | .gds | Use as new PL ↗ |
| GENealogical inDEX Q1485172 file format | file format | .gendex.txt | Use as new PL ↗ |
| General content descriptor Q5532331 file format | file format | .gcd | Use as new PL ↗ |
| General Data Format for Biomedical Signals Q5531823 file format | file format | .gdf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| General Exchange Format Q5531898 File exchange format | file format | .gxf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| General feature format Q5532344 file format for genomic data | file format | .gff | Use as new PL ↗ |
| GeoPackage Q22908624 open file format for geographic data | file format | .gpkg | Use as new PL ↗ |
| GeoPDF Q5533911 file format extending PDF to allow for embedding georegistration information for maps | file format | .pdf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| GeoTIFF Q1502796 file format | file format | .tiff .tif | Use as new PL ↗ |
| GGUF Q127427530 file format for storing large language models | file format | .gguf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| GUIDO music notation Q5514807 Computer music notation format | file format | .gmn | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Harwell-Boeing file format Q1587964 file format | file format | .hb .rua | Use as new PL ↗ |
| HDRi Q1563051 file format | file format | .tiff .tif | Use as new PL ↗ |
| HighMAT Q1036298 file format | file format | .hmt | Use as new PL ↗ |
| HTML Application Q1566078 file format | file format | .hta | Use as new PL ↗ |
| HTML Components Q5636096 file format | file format | .htc | Use as new PL ↗ |
| HTTP Archive format Q13422998 JSON-based file format for storing a web browser's interaction with a site | file format | .har | Use as new PL ↗ |
| ICC profile Q375296 file format that characterizes a color input or output device | file format | .icc .icm | Use as new PL ↗ |
| IGC Q94984970 file format | file format | .igc | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Image Cytometry Standard Q17029350 file format | file format | .ids .ics | Use as new PL ↗ |
| iMelody Q1938995 mobile ringtone format | file format | .imy | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Industry Foundation Classes Q979630 Open data schema and file formats for BIM, standardized as ISO 16739-1 (buildingSMART) | file format | .ifc .ifczip .ifcxml | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Information Presentation Facility Q1662484 file format | file format | .inf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| INI file Q1141412 configuration file format | file format | .ini | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Intel HEX Q572649 file format for conveying binary information | file format | .hex | Use as new PL ↗ |
| IPSW Q22097440 file format used in iTunes to install iOS firmware | file format | .ipsw | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Itinerary file Q19860869 file format | file format | .itn | Use as new PL ↗ |
| IVUE Q25101636 file format | file format | .ivue | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Java Application Descriptor Q4027918 file format | file format | .jad | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Java archive Q921122 archive file format based on the zip format | file format | .jar | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Java bytecode Q137496 instruction set of the Java virtual machine | file format | .class | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Java class file Q2193155 file format | file format | .class | Use as new PL ↗ |
| JBIG2 Q1143961 image file format | file format | .jbig2 .jb2 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| JCAMP-DX Q104876349 file format | file format | .jcm .dx .jdx | Use as new PL ↗ |
| JData Q110239790 JData Specification | file format | .jdt .jdb | Use as new PL ↗ |
| JHTML Q474112 file format | file format | .jhtml | Use as new PL ↗ |
| JPEG XT Q17092932 file format | file format | .jpg .jpeg | Use as new PL ↗ |
| JPEG-LS Q2190356 lossless and near-lossless compression of continuous-tone still images | file format | .jls | Use as new PL ↗ |
| JSON Lines Q111841144 file format where each line is a valid JSON value | file format | .jsonl | Use as new PL ↗ |
| JT Q1589482 3D data format | file format | .jt .jt | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Jupyter notebook file Q70357595 program used to mix code, comments, and visualizations in an interactive document called notebook that can be shared, reused, and reworked in a web browser | file format | .ipynb | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Klip Q17062804 XML file that includes rules for web page presentation | file format | .klip | Use as new PL ↗ |
| LandXML Q1124114 file format | file format | .dem .xml .ddf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Layered Image File Format Q6505523 file format | file format | .liff | Use as new PL ↗ |
| LBR Q6457314 container format popular for distributing CP/M software | file format | .lyr .lbr .lqr .lzr | Use as new PL ↗ |
| LDAP Data Interchange Format Q1066897 standard plain text data interchange format for representing LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) directory content and update requests | file format | .ldif | Use as new PL ↗ |
| LHA Q368782 data compression file format | file format | .lzh .lha | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Library Exchange Format Q6542498 specification for representing the physical layout of an integrated circuit in an ASCII format | file format | .lef | Use as new PL ↗ |
| line-delimited JSON Q111841303 | file format | .ldjson | Use as new PL ↗ |
| local shared object Q1312725 piece of data that websites using Adobe Flash may store on a user’s computer | file format | .sol | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Log ASCII Standard Format Q6666791 file format | file format | .las | Use as new PL ↗ |
| long-term prediction Q4047883 scheme employed in order to reduce the amount of data sent between the mobile station (MS) and base transceiver station (BTS) | file format | .gsm | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Lossless predictive audio compression Q361923 lossless audio coding format | file format | .pac | Use as new PL ↗ |
| LyRiCs Q1260547 computer file format that synchronizes song lyrics with an audio file | file format | .lrc | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Maker Interchange Format Q1886335 file format | file format | .mif | Use as new PL ↗ |
| man page Q47512572 electronic documentation file format | file format | .4 .3 .6 .5 .1 .7 .2 .8 .man | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Management Information Format Q6746668 file format | file format | .mif | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MapInfo Interchange Format Q1381134 file format | file format | .mif | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MapInfo TAB format Q6753724 file format | file format | .tab | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MARC standards Q722609 digital formats for library cataloguing | file format | .marc .mrc | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Material Exchange Format Q1893311 Object-based file format that wraps video, audio, and other bitstreams | file format | .mxf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Matroska Audio Q27960157 file format | file format | .mka | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MD3 Q6715113 file format | file format | .md3 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MDL Molfile Q3841253 file format in chemistry | file format | .mol | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Metalink Q1924866 file format that describes one or more computer files available for download | file format | .metalink .meta4 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MHTML Q954199 file format | file format | .mhtml .mht | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MicroDVD Q3563777 file format | file format | .sub | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Microsoft Compiled HTML Help Q1023647 proprietary online help format, consisting of multiple HTML pages compressed into a binary file with the .chm extension | file format | .chm | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Microsoft Digital Video Recording Q1931585 file format | file format | .dvr-ms | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Microsoft Document Imaging Format Q843084 file format | file format | .mdi | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Microsoft Help 2 Q17141186 file format by Microsoft | file format | .hxs | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Microsoft Management Console Q731135 component of Windows 2000 | file format | .msc | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MOI Q6717026 the file extension for the index file accompanying the MOD video file format used on many camcorders | file format | .moi | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Mork Q6912474 file format | file format | .dat .msf .mab | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Motion JPEG Q850954 video compression format | file format | .mjpg .mjpeg | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Mozilla Archive Format Q6927978 legacy compressed Zip file format | file format | .maff | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MPEG-1 Q336284 standard for compression of video and audio | file format | .mpv .mpg .mp3 .m1a .mpa .m2a .m1v .mp1 .mp2 .mpeg | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MPEG-1 Audio Layer I Q919226 audio formats | file format | .m1a .mp1 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MPEG-2 transport stream Q1194435 digital video format used for storage network transmission | file format | .ts .tsa .m2t .tsv | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MPEG-4 Q219763 video encoding standard | file format | .mp4 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MPQ Q5371138 file format | file format | .mpq | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MRC Q6717445 file format | file format | .mrc | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MrSID Q1422885 file format | file format | .sid | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MSSTYLES Q6717908 file format that contains the bitmaps and metadata for the Windows XP skinning engine | file format | .msstyles | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MT9 Q524090 file format | file format | .mt9 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MTV ray tracer bitmap Q28206638 file format | file format | .pic .mtv | Use as new PL ↗ |
| mz5 Q106729104 mass spectrometry file format | file format | .mz5 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| mzMLb Q107649162 open mass spectrometry data format | file format | .mzmlb | Use as new PL ↗ |
| mzXML Q105863113 mass spectrometry file format | file format | .mzxml | Use as new PL ↗ |
| N-Quads Q31398150 line-based, plain text format for encoding an RDF dataset | file format | .nq | Use as new PL ↗ |
| NDJSON Q111841242 file format where each line is a valid JSON value | file format | .ndjson | Use as new PL ↗ |
| netCDF Q1361922 file format | file format | .nc | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Network Bootable Image Q4027909 legacy format | file format | .nbi | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Newick tree format Q3339116 notation for representing graph-theoretical trees with edge lengths using parentheses and commas | file format | .newick | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Nexus file Q1983918 file format | file format | .nxs .nex .nxz | Use as new PL ↗ |
| NFO Q1258721 file format | file format | .nfo | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Norton Guides Q7060634 online-help system for DOS | file format | .ng | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Notation Interchange File Format Q2001898 file format | file format | .nif | Use as new PL ↗ |
| NRG Q1213743 proprietary file format used by Nero Burning ROM | file format | .nrg | Use as new PL ↗ |
| NZB Q1429108 file format | file format | .nzb | Use as new PL ↗ |
| ODB++ Q7072414 proprietary CAD-to-CAM data exchange format | file format | .xml .zip | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Ogg Q188199 digital container format | file format | .opus .ogg .ogm .ogx .ogv .spx .oga | Use as new PL ↗ |
| OMDoc Q268086 semantic markup format for mathematical documents | file format | .omdoc | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Open Game Engine Exchange Q17072901 file format | file format | .ogex | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Open XML Paper Specification Q977900 file format | file format | .xps .oxps | Use as new PL ↗ |
| OpenDocument Q184473 family of file formats most known for use with LibreOffice and OpenOffice software | file format | .fodt .odt | Use as new PL ↗ |
| OpenDRIVE Q7095768 file format | file format | .xodr | Use as new PL ↗ |
| OpenEXR Q1341482 file format for high-dynamic-range images | file format | .exr | Use as new PL ↗ |
| OpenOffice.org XML Q1767050 open XML-based file format family | file format | .sti .sxi .sxd .sxc .stw .stc .std .sxm .sxw .sxg | Use as new PL ↗ |
| OpenXDF Q7095914 file format | file format | .xdf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Opera Show Format Q17073241 file format | file format | .html .xhtml | Use as new PL ↗ |
| OTA bitmap Q7073077 file format | file format | .otb | Use as new PL ↗ |
| PAK Q2043681 Microsoft Windows file format | file format | .pak | Use as new PL ↗ |
| PCX file format family Q535473 file format family | file format | .pcc .pcx | Use as new PL ↗ |
| PDB Q7118753 container format for record databases | file format | .pdb | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Personal Filing Cabinet Q25110402 file format | file format | .pfc | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Personal Folder File Q29651120 family of file formats related to Microsoft Outlook | file format | .pst | Use as new PL ↗ |
| PFB Q6026738 Postscript font format | file format | .pfb | Use as new PL ↗ |
| PHP Archive Q1269709 file format | file format | .phar | Use as new PL ↗ |
| PICtor PIC image format Q7119344 file format | file format | .pic .clp | Use as new PL ↗ |
| PKPass Q29650318 file format | file format | .pkpass .pkpasses | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Portable Database Image Q7231341 file format to store structured databases for reporting and analysis in a highly compressed way | file format | .pdi | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Portable Document Format for Engineering Q2043942 file format | file format | .pdf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Portable Draughts Notation Q4047266 file format | file format | .pdn | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Portable Sound Format Q2104918 file format | file format | .minipsf .psflib .psf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| PostScript Printer Description Q762694 file format | file format | .ppd | Use as new PL ↗ |
| PRC Q7120269 container format for code databases in Palm OS, Garnet OS and Access Linux Platform | file format | .prc | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Product Representation Compact Q3359832 3D file format that can be used to embed 3D data in a PDF file | file format | .prc | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Program database Q3406936 file format for storing debug information about executable files | file format | .pdb | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Program information file Q382011 Settings for running DOS applications | file format | .pif | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Protein Data Bank Q7251429 textual file format describing the three-dimensional structures of molecules held in the Protein Data Bank | file format | .pdb | Use as new PL ↗ |
| proxy auto-config Q478705 configuration file | file format | .pac | Use as new PL ↗ |
| qcow Q1052000 virtual hard drive format introduced by QEMU | file format | .qcow3 .qcow2 .qcow .img | Use as new PL ↗ |
| QCP Q7265393 file format is used by many cellular telephone manufacturers to provide ring tones and record voice | file format | .qcp | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Qtch Q7268194 file format | file format | .qtch | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Qualcomm code-excited linear prediction Q5354833 speech codec | file format | .qcp | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Quetzal file format Q7271574 file format | file format | .sav .glksave | Use as new PL ↗ |
| QuickTime VR Q1315297 file format | file format | .qtvr | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Raster Document Object Q7295259 file format used in print on demand systems manufactured by Xerox | file format | .rdo | Use as new PL ↗ |
| RDF/XML Q48940 syntax defined by the W3C to express an RDF graph as an XML document | file format | .rdf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| RealMedia Q1075962 file format | file format | .rm .rv | Use as new PL ↗ |
| RealVideo Q737207 file format for video streaming | file format | .rv | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Relocatable Object Module Format Q7311459 file format | file format | .obj | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Requirements Interchange Format Q2145498 XML file format used to exchange requirements and associated metadata between software tools from different vendors | file format | .reqifz .reqif | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Restricted Permission Message Q7375542 File format for message access control | file format | .rpmsg | Use as new PL ↗ |
| revocation list Q196765 in computing, a list of revoked certificates | file format | .crl | Use as new PL ↗ |
| REX2 Q7276404 file format | file format | .rex .rx2 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| RF64 Q3928266 file format | file format | .wav .rf64 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| RGBE image format Q3928271 file format | file format | .pic .hdr .rad .rgbe .xyze | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Rich Music Format Q7323389 file format | file format | .rmf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Rich Text Format Directory Q3430428 document format | file format | .rtfd | Use as new PL ↗ |
| RIS Q923990 standard file format for bibliographic data exchange | file format | .ris | Use as new PL ↗ |
| RoadXML Q7339262 open file format for the road networks description used by driving simulators | file format | .rnd | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Scalable Vector Graphics Tiny Q58630708 file format | file format | .svg | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Scitex Continuous Tone Q7434105 file format | file format | .sct .ch .ct | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Scratch Project SB Q25345915 file format | file format | .sb | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Scratch Project SB2 Q25099931 file format | file format | .sb2 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Scream Tracker 3 module Q1461901 audio tracker file format used by Scream Tracker | file format | .s3m | Use as new PL ↗ |
| SDIF Q17089736 data format for sound | file format | .sdif | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Secure Digital Container Q3477565 methods of licensing academic software | file format | .sdc | Use as new PL ↗ |
| SEG-Y Q3943569 file format for storing geophysical data | file format | .sgy .segy | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Segmented Hyper Graphics Q16976440 file format | file format | .shg | Use as new PL ↗ |
| SFZ Q24073549 plain text file format for storing instrument data for software synthesizers | file format | .sfz | Use as new PL ↗ |
| shar Q3959179 archive file format | file format | .sha .shar | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Shell Scrap Object File Q7493698 file format | file format | .shs | Use as new PL ↗ |
| shell script Q959549 script written for the shell, or command line interpreter, of an operating system | file format | .sh | Use as new PL ↗ |
| ShockWave Component Q4684000 file format | file format | .swc | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Short Payment Descriptor Q1027882 file format | file format | .spayd | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Shorten Q597450 audio file format | file format | .shn | Use as new PL ↗ |
| ShrinkIt Q25305144 file format | file format | .shk | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Simple Standards-Based Slide Show System Q673906 XHTML-based file format for defining slideshows | file format | .html .xhtml | Use as new PL ↗ |
| SIS Q1079778 file format | file format | .sis .sisx | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Sixel Q7532980 DEC-created six pixel vertical format element that can be used to create pictures on printing or terminal screens | file format | .six .sixel | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Smacker video Q857512 file format | file format | .smk | Use as new PL ↗ |
| SND Q7391833 one of a number of digital sound file formats | file format | .snd | Use as new PL ↗ |
| SNP file format Q7391883 file format used by Microsoft Access | file format | .snp | Use as new PL ↗ |
| SoundFont Q967056 file format | file format | .sf2 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| SPARQL Query Results XML Format Q18609754 File stores data in XML | file format | .srx | Use as new PL ↗ |
| sparse image Q7573795 type of disk image file used on macOS that grows in size as the user adds data to the image | file format | .sparseimage | Use as new PL ↗ |
| SpreadsheetML Q2313301 file format and XML schema for Microsoft Office Excel 2003 | file format | .xml | Use as new PL ↗ |
| SREC Q947746 file format | file format | .s .mot .s3 .s2 .sx .s28 .s1 .s19 .srec .s37 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Standard Delay Format Q18653981 textual file format for representing the delay and timing information of electronic systems | file format | .sdo .sdf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Standard Flowgram Format Q7598235 file format for storing and exchanging DNA sequences with base qualities | file format | .sff | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Standard Test Data Format Q1601835 file format | file format | .std .stdf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| STEP file Q3509055 file format | file format | .step .stp .p21 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Stockholm format Q7618055 file format | file format | .sto .stk | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Structure-data file Q28530510 file format for atomic coordinates, chemical bond information, and metadata | file format | .sdf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Styled Layer Descriptor Q1535613 file format | file format | .sld | Use as new PL ↗ |
| SubStation Alpha Q3176050 file format | file format | .ass .ssa | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Sun Microsystems audio file Q672985 audio file format | file format | .snd .au | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Sun Raster Q17138473 file format | file format | .rast .sr .ras .rs .sun .scr .im1 .im24 .im8 .im32 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| SYBYL line notation Q7395247 file format | file format | .sln | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Symbolic Link Q821830 file format | file format | .slk .sylk | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange Q2375766 file format | file format | .sami .smi | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Synthetic music mobile application format Q5921560 Audio format from Yamaha | file format | .mmf .mqf .m3f | Use as new PL ↗ |
| System Deployment Image Q7663642 file format | file format | .sdi | Use as new PL ↗ |
| System.map Q2276274 Symbol table used by the Linux kernel | file format | .map | Use as new PL ↗ |
| T.38 Q743275 fax data transmission protocol | file format | .t38 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Tagged Image File Format/Electronic Photography Q7670377 file format | file format | .tiff .tif | Use as new PL ↗ |
| tar Q283579 computer file format that can combine multiple files into a single file called "tarball" | file format | .tar | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Tektronix extended HEX Q7695508 file format | file format | .tek | Use as new PL ↗ |
| TeX font metric Q2371344 font file format used by the TeX typesetting system | file format | .tfm | Use as new PL ↗ |
| textClipping Q7708383 text file created in Mac OS X | file format | .textclipping | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Theora Q372626 free lossy video compression format | file format | .ogg .ogv | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Tiny Tafel Q3256475 file format | file format | .tt | Use as new PL ↗ |
| torrent file Q2451637 file format | file format | .torrent | Use as new PL ↗ |
| TRANS.TBL Q7671270 file format | file format | .tbl | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Translation Memory eXchange Q1890189 file format | file format | .tmx | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format Q1601331 proprietary email attachment format | file format | .dat .tnef | Use as new PL ↗ |
| TransXChange Q16251944 file format for the interchange of bus route and timetable information | file format | .xml .txc | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Trivial Graph Format Q4051789 file format for the storage and exchange of graph | file format | .tgf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| TrueType Font Q751800 file format | file format | .ttf .dfont .tte | Use as new PL ↗ |
| TST Q20087704 file format | file format | .tst | Use as new PL ↗ |
| two-line element set Q1970847 astronomy file format | file format | .tle | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Unified Emulator Format Q7884922 container format for the compressed storage of audio tapes, ROMs, floppy discs and machine state snapshots for the 8-bit range of computers manufactured by Acorn Computers | file format | .uef | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Uniqueness Database File Q7886963 file format | file format | .udf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Universal 3D Q974182 3D graphics file format | file format | .u3d | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Universal Subtitle Format Q3551300 | file format | .xml | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Universal Terminology eXchange Q7894090 set of formats for machine translation user dictionaries | file format | .utx | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Uuencoding Q1570391 format that encodes binary data as a sequence of printable ASCII characters | file format | .uue .uu | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Variant Call Format Q7915770 text file format for genomic data | file format | .vcf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| VCDIFF Q6349766 file format | file format | .vcdiff | Use as new PL ↗ |
| VDA-FS Q2804859 data format | file format | .vda .vdafs | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Vector Product Format Q7917813 standard for geospatial data | file format | .vpf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| VGM Q3552930 file format | file format | .vgm .vgz | Use as new PL ↗ |
| VGZ Video Q7564324 file format | file format | .vgz | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Video CD Q321259 optical home video format | file format | .vcd | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Video Image Communication And Retrieval Q16965621 file format | file format | .vicar .vic .img | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Virtual Machine Disk Q2658179 virtual hard drive format introduced by VMware | file format | .vmdk | Use as new PL ↗ |
| WAD Q1936828 file format for Doom | file format | .wad | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Web application ARchive Q945923 file format | file format | .war | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Web ARChive Q7978505 file format that specifies a method for combining multiple digital resources into an aggregate archival file together with related information | file format | .warc .warc.gz | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Web Open Font Format Q918221 file format for fonts in web pages | file format | .woff | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Web Open Font Format, version 2 Q18413771 file format | file format | .woff2 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Windows Contacts Q1508789 file format | file format | .contact | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless Q1067761 audio bitstream | file format | .wma | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Windows Recorded TV Show Q7956490 proprietary video and audiovisual file container format developed by Microsoft | file format | .wtv | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Windows Script File Q8024450 file format | file format | .wsf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Windows Setup Information File Q16996920 file format | file format | .inf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Windows Shortcut Q29000599 file format | file format | .lnk | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Windows thumbnail cache Q930281 aspect of the Windows operating system | file format | .db | Use as new PL ↗ |
| WinHelp Q1144005 proprietary format for online help files that can be displayed by the Microsoft Help browser | file format | .hlp | Use as new PL ↗ |
| WMV HD Q1353763 file format | file format | .wmv | Use as new PL ↗ |
| WWF, unprintable PDF Q2303036 campaign to produce PDF electronic documents that forbid printing | file format | .wwf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| X File Format Q4545483 file format | file format | .x | Use as new PL ↗ |
| X-Face Q388046 Bitmap image | file format | .face .xface | Use as new PL ↗ |
| XAML Browser Applications Q4053288 file format | file format | .xbap | Use as new PL ↗ |
| XAP Q4027920 file format | file format | .xap | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Xar Q8043144 vector graphics file format of Xara and Xara Photo & Graphic Designer | file format | .xar | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Xara Flare Q8043148 file format | file format | .xar | Use as new PL ↗ |
| XCOFF Q8041715 file format | file format | .o | Use as new PL ↗ |
| XDMF Q21620033 data format for high-performance computing | file format | .xmf .xdmf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| XDXF Q4053293 | file format | .xdxf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| XIP Q28401268 file format | file format | .xip | Use as new PL ↗ |
| XLIFF Q1810849 computer file format | file format | .xlf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| xorg.conf Q3008299 configuration file | file format | .xorg.conf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| XYZ file format Q1250383 chemical file format | file format | .xyz | Use as new PL ↗ |
| ZIM Q784695 open file format that stores Web content for offline usage | file format | .zim | Use as new PL ↗ |
| zone file Q17149857 text file that describes a DNS zone | file format | .zone | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Zoo Q219983 data compression program and file format | file format | .zoo | Use as new PL ↗ |
| 3GP and 3G2 Q229762 file format families | file format family | .3gpp2 .3gpp .3g2 .3gp | Use as new PL ↗ |
| 7z Q270131 family of archive file formats used by 7-Zip | file format family | .7z | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding Q300036 act adaptive transform coding | file format family | .aa3 .at3 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Adobe Illustrator Artwork Q2584726 file format family | file format family | .ai | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Adobe Type 1 Font Q27578057 file format | file format family | .pfa | Use as new PL ↗ |
| ADX Q290741 file format family | file format family | .adx | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Audio Interchange File Format Family Q758853 file format family | file format family | .aif .aifc .aiff | Use as new PL ↗ |
| AutoCAD Drawing Q1053358 file format family | file format family | .dwg | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Bink Video Q863883 Video middleware created by RAD Game Tools. | file format family | .bk2 .bik2 .bik | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Broadcast Wave Format Q922446 file format family based on the Microsoft Wave file format | file format family | .wav .bwf .wav | Use as new PL ↗ |
| comic book archive file format family Q507860 file format family | file format family | .cbr .cba .cbz .cbt .cb7 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Common Data Format Q1116060 file format family for multi-dimensional data | file format family | .cdf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| cpio Q285296 archive file format | file format family | .cpio | Use as new PL ↗ |
| dBASE Table File Format Family Q16545707 dBASE database file format family | file format family | .dbf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Digital Negative file format family Q1224796 patented, open, lossless raw image format written by Adobe used for digital photography | file format family | .dng | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Digital Picture Exchange file format family Q527723 file format family | file format family | .dpx | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Enhanced Compression Wavelet Q1343033 file format family | file format family | .ecw | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Geodatabase (Esri) Q12018160 family of proprietary GIS data formats | file format family | .geodatabase | Use as new PL ↗ |
| GPS Exchange Format Q576465 XML based open file format to share GNSS data | file format family | .gpx | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Indeo Q1661052 family of audio and video formats and codecs published by Intel in 1992 | file format family | .ivf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| LAS file format Q27441566 file format for the interchange of 3-dimensional point cloud data | file format family | .laz .las | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MacBinary file format family Q1882400 group of related file formats | file format family | .bin | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Matrix Market exchange formats Q6787857 family of matrix data file formats | file format family | .mtx | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Microsoft Office XML formats Q1727359 file format family introduced at Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft Office 2003 | file format family | .xml .pptx .docx .vdx .vsx .vtx .xlsx | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Microsoft Publisher file format family Q7121072 file format family | file format family | .pub | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MODCA Q6716987 file format family | file format family | .mca .mda .ica .mmr | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MPP Q30602842 Microsoft Project data file format family | file format family | .mpp | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Netpbm formats Q17154458 family of image data formats | file format family | .ph | Use as new PL ↗ |
| object file Q14902318 file containing relocatable format machine code | file format family | .o .obj | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Open Media Framework Interchange Q1459344 file format | file format family | .omf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| PC Screen Font Q25098907 file format | file format family | .psfu .psf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| RAR Q243303 file format family | file format family | .rar .rev .r01 .r00 | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Raw audio Q3415066 file format family | file format family | .pcm .raw .bin | Use as new PL ↗ |
| TIFF Q215106 series of image file formats | file format family | .tiff .tif | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Truevision TGA Q1063976 file format | file format family | .vda .vst .icb .tpic .tga | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Universal Windows Platform app Q16829782 file format for applications built upon the Universal Windows Platform and used across compatible Microsoft Windows systems | file format family | .appx .appxbundle | Use as new PL ↗ |
| VTK file format family Q18812775 file format family | file format family | .vtk | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Windows Bitmap Q192869 windows Bitmap image file format family | file format family | .dib .bmp .rle | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Windows Enhanced Metafile Q3054349 file format | file format family | .emz .emf | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Windows Media Video File Format Family Q280761 file format family | file format family | .wmv | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Windows Registry Data file format family Q123053078 file format family | file format family | .reg | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Zarr Q130377195 Storage format for multidimensional arrays | file format family | .zarr | Use as new PL ↗ |
| ZIP Q136218 type of archive file format | file format family | .zip | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Interchange File Format Q1569639 container file format introduced by Electronic Arts and Commodore | file format; file format family | .iff | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Graph Modelling Language Q1543319 markup language | file format; markup language | .gml | Use as new PL ↗ |
