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Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Did you know ???..


Did you know that all information used in technology has a certain extention to differentiate the format for all the information?

The following are some examples :

Text, Graphics, Multimedia Common Sound, Still-Video, and Motion-Video Formats on the Web
Extension
Text & Graphics Formats
Explanation
TXT, DOC
MS Word
Word processing application
WPD
WordPerfect
Word processing application
RTF
Rich Text Format
Method of encoding text formatting and document structure using ASCII character set.
PPT
Microsoft PowerPoint
Presentation Graphics application
PRS
Harvard Graphics
Presentation Graphics application
XLS
MS Excel
Spreadsheet application
HTM
MS FrontPage
Editor: application for creating and editing Web pages. Explorer: application for maintaining, testing, and publishing webs.
Extension
Sound Formats
Explanation
RA
RealAudio
Used with RealAudio Web Server and RealAudio Player add-on for browsers
SBI
Sound Blaster Instrument
Used for a single instrument with Sound Blaster cards
WAV
MS Waveform
Sound format used in Windows for event notification
Extension
Still-Video/Graphics Formats (SVF)
Explanation (Raster or bitmap images)
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format
Compressed graphics format commonly used on CompuServe
BMP
Windows bitmap
PCC, PCX
PC Paintbrush
Bitmap images
JPEG, JPG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
Highly compressed format for still images, widely used for multi-platform graphics
TIFF
Tagged Image File Format
High-resolution, tag-based graphics format used for the universal interchange of digital graphics
PCD
Photo CD
A graphics file format developed by Eastman Kodak Company
PDF
Portable Document Format
Adobe's format for multi-platform document access through its Acrobat software
PS
PostScript
Adobe's type description language, used to deliver complex documents over the Internet
Adobe's type description language, used to deliver complex documents over the Internet

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