devices with no file system of their own, such as devices that use magnetic tape. The archive data sets created by tar contain various file system parameters...

file systems may not use new line delimiters and will primarily store text files with lines separated as fixed or variable length records. "Text file"...

public access file (sometimes capitalized as Public Access File, sometimes abbreviated as PAF, and also called a public examination file) is a file that...

A file format is a standard way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file. It specifies how bits are used to encode information in a digital...

"2010 Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) and Characteristics of Microdata" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 23 October 2013. "2020 PUMA Names File" (PDF)...

A public file (or public inspection file) is a collection of documents required by a broadcasting authority to be maintained by all broadcast stations...

and macOS. ZIP files generally use the file extensions .zip or .ZIP and the MIME media type application/zip. ZIP is used as a base file format by many...

gzip is a file format and a software application used for file compression and decompression. The program was created by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler...

a list of file formats used by computers, organized by type. Filename extension is usually noted in parentheses if they differ from the file format's name...

networks, Internet-based hyperlinked documents, and the use of distributed peer-to-peer networking. File sharing technologies, such as BitTorrent, are integral...

binary file is a computer file that is not a text file. The term "binary file" is often used as a term meaning "non-text file". Many binary file formats...

compression; sparse files; file system journaling and volume shadow copy, a feature that allows backups of a system while in use. Starting with Windows...

of file signatures, data used to identify or verify the content of a file. Such signatures are also known as magic numbers or Magic Bytes. Many file formats...

In computing, configuration files (commonly known simply as config files) are files used to configure the parameters and initial settings for some computer...

The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard communication protocol used for the transfer of computer files from a server to a client on a computer...

Windows XP in 2001. Windows Me was the final version of Windows to use FAT as its default file system. For floppy disks, FAT has been standardized as ECMA-107...

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a simple lockstep File Transfer Protocol which allows a client to get a file from or put a file onto a remote...

The computer file hosts is an operating system file that maps hostnames to IP addresses. It is a plain text file. Originally a file named HOSTS.TXT was...

QuickTime File Format (QTFF) is a computer file format used natively by the QuickTime framework. The format specifies a multimedia container file that contains...

colloquially pronounced /ˌpiːɛnˈdʒiː/ PEE-en-JEE) is a raster-graphics file format that supports lossless data compression. PNG was developed as an improved...

This is a list of file formats used by archivers and compressors used to create archive files. Archive formats are used for backups, mobility, and archiving...

copyright holder. Fair use is one of the limitations to copyright intended to balance the interests of copyright holders with the public interest in the wider...

Comma-separated values (CSV) is a text file format that uses commas to separate values, and newlines to separate records. A CSV file stores tabular data (numbers...

In programming, a file uniform resource identifier (URI) scheme is a specific format of URI, used to specifically identify a file on a host computer....

A JAR ("Java archive") file is a package file format typically used to aggregate many Java class files and associated metadata and resources (text, images...

method used). AES-256 bit encryption. Zip 2.0 (Legacy) Encryption Large file support (up to approximately 16 exbibytes, or 264 bytes). Unicode file names...

A filename or file name is a name used to uniquely identify a computer file in a file system. Different file systems impose different restrictions on filename...

specify how the file system is to respond to read/write/stat requests. The program is also used to mount the new file system. At the time the file system is...

simple file system navigation tool into a task-based file management system. While "Windows Explorer" or "File Explorer" is a term most commonly used to describe...

video format, AVI files support multiple streaming audio and video, although these features are seldom used. Many AVI files use the file format extensions...