Computer File Extensions

.BAK Backup

.BAT Batch Processing

.BMP Bitmap Picture

.CFG Configuration

.CGM Computer Graphics Metafile

.CHK CHKDSK

.COM Command

.DAT Data

.DOC Document + Documentation

.DRV Device Driver (Also see .DVR)

.EPS Encapsulated PostScript

.HLP Help

.HQX BinHexed [Macintosh]

.ICO Icon

.JPG Joint Photographic Experts Group (compressed graphics format)

.OVL Program Overlay

.OVR Program Overlay

.PCX Picture Image

.STY Style [Ventura, Word, WordPerfect]

.tar Tape Archive (archived) [Unix]

.tar.Z Compressed Archived files [Unix]

.TIF Tagged Image File

.TMP Temporary

.TTF TrueType Font

.WMF Windows Metafile Format [Microsoft]

.WAV Waveform Audio

.WPG WordPerfect Graphics

.WRI Write

.z Packed file (using Pack/Unpack program)..lower case z..[Unix]

.Z Compressed file (using Compress/Uncompress program)..upper case Z..[Unix]

.ZIP Compressed File [PKWare]

.$$$ Temporary File