archives:

• zip File compressed using PKZIP
• rar
• arj A PC compressed format found on European sites (filename extension), which can be decoded with unArjMac, DeArj, and SITEX10.EXE (win)
• ace
• cab Microsoft compressed format

video:

• asf Active Streaming File - HoTMetaL Pro (filename extension)
• avi AVI movie format
• rm Real Media
• avs Intel video capture format (filename extension)
• mpe MPEG (filename extension)
• mpeg MPEG movie or animation file. This file can be played with QuickTime Player
• mpg MPEG encoded file. This file is an MPEG movie, and can be played with QuickTime Player
• mov Movie - QuickTime
• vob
• m2v

text:

• rtf RFT-DCA (filename extension)
• txt ASCII text file
• idx Index
• nfo info
• pdf
• wri Windows Write document
• doc Document file
• xls Excel worksheet

images:

• jpeg JPEG bitmap (filename extension).
• bmp Bitmap
• jpg file extension for JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group). A file stored in JPEG format. JPEG,an ISO/ITU standard for storing images with high compression capability, uses a discreet cosine transform that can achieve compression rates of 100:1 (significant loss of data from original) and 20:1 (minimal loss). C-Cube Microsystems introduced the first JPEG chip.
• gif Graphics Interchange Format
• png 1. Portable Network Graphics bitmap (filename extension). 2. Paint Shop Pro Browser (filename extension).
• tif TIFF graphics file
• tiff TIFF graphics file (filename extension).

executable:

• exe Executable file -- machine code
• bat Batch
• com

web-html:

• htm DOS filename extension for a document with HTML coding, which can be read by WWW browsers.
• html Filename extension for a document with HTML coding, which can be read by WWW browsers.

cd image:

• iso
• mds
• mdf
• bin A MacBinary II encoded file (filename extension). This file type, downloaded as MacBinary or Binary, can be decompressed with Stuffit Expander
• cue

audio:

• mp2 MPEG Layer II compressed audio. This file can be played using QuickTime Player and some other sound players.
• mp3 MPEG Layer III compressed audio. This file can be played with QuickTime Player, Real Player, and some other sound players.
• cda CD Audio track (filename extension).
• ogg
• wav Sound file
• ape
• flac