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.parquet

Apache Parquet

Apache Parquet is a columnar storage format optimized for use with big data processing frameworks. Unlike row-oriented f...

.avro

Apache Avro Data File

Avro is a data serialization system developed within the Apache Hadoop project. It provides a rich data structure, a com...

.orc

Optimized Row Columnar

ORC (Optimized Row Columnar) is a self-describing, type-aware columnar file format designed for Hadoop workloads. It is ...

.drawio

draw.io Diagram File

The .drawio file format is used by draw.io (now diagrams.net), a free, open-source diagramming application. It stores di...

.tsv

Tab-Separated Values

A TSV (Tab-Separated Values) file is a simple text-based format for storing tabular data, such as spreadsheet or databas...

.cfg

Configuration File

A CFG file is a configuration file used by various software programs to store settings and parameters. These files are t...

.bil

Band Interleaved by Line

The .bil file extension represents a Band Interleaved by Line raster image file. This format is commonly used in remote ...

.mobi

Mobipocket eBook

The MOBI file format is a proprietary ebook format developed by Mobipocket, based on the Open eBook standard. It was ini...

.toml

Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language

TOML is a configuration file format that is easy to read due to its simple syntax. It is designed to be easily parsed in...

.mdf/mds

Media Disc Image File / Media Descriptor File

MDF (Media Disc Image File) and MDS (Media Descriptor File) are a pair of file formats used for creating and managing di...

.netcdf

Network Common Data Form

NetCDF (Network Common Data Form) is a set of software libraries and self-describing, machine-independent data formats t...

.ply

Polygon File Format

The PLY file format, also known as the Polygon File Format or Stanford Triangle Format, is a computer file format design...

.epub

Electronic Publication (EPUB) ebook

The EPUB (Electronic Publication) format is a widely used, open-standard ebook format optimized for reflowable text. Thi...

.ods

OpenDocument Spreadsheet

The ODS file extension represents a spreadsheet document format used by OpenOffice and LibreOffice, both open-source off...

.hex

Intel HEX File

The Intel HEX file format is a widely used ASCII text file format for conveying binary data, primarily for programming m...

.trn

TRN

TRN files are typically associated with training data used in machine learning and artificial intelligence applications....

.psql

PostgreSQL Query File

A .psql file is a plain text file containing SQL queries designed to be executed against a PostgreSQL database. These fi...

.partial

Partial Download

A '.partial' file extension typically indicates an incomplete or partially downloaded file. These files are created by d...

.feather

Apache Arrow Feather

The Feather file format is a lightweight, columnar data format designed for fast data transfer between data analysis env...

.ifc

Industry Foundation Classes

The IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) file format is an open, international standard for Building Information Modeling (...

.lnk

Windows Shell Link Shortcut File

The LNK file format is a proprietary binary file format used by Microsoft Windows to store shortcuts, or 'links,' to loc...

.ddl

Data Definition Language File

A DDL (Data Definition Language) file contains commands used to define the structure of a database. These commands are p...

.3ds

3D Studio Scene

The .3ds file extension is a file format associated with the original Autodesk 3D Studio DOS program (later replaced by ...

.html5

HTML5 Document

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard markup language for creating web pages. HTML5 is the latest major revis...

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