Rare extension descriptions

LNK File Extension

LNK files are commonly known as Windows shortcuts. They are used to refer to local files or remote urls. To view information in LNK file in Windows you can press right mouse button on a LNK file and select Properties from popup menu.

File Extension JNLP

JNLP is short for Java Network Launching Protocol. This format is used by Java to download and launch applications over the network. JNLP applications typically don't run from user internet browser.

File Extension DWG

Files with extension DWG are usually used to store two and thre dimensional data used in engineering. Typical examples of software which use this format is Autocad, IntelliCAD, Caddie and Open Design Alliance applications. DWG is short for drawing. The .bak (drawing backup), .dws (drawing standards), .dwt (drawing template) and .sv$ (temporary automatic save) files are also DWG files.

File Extension APK

APK file extension is short for Androi Package. It is used to store information about Android deployment packages. APK files are usually used by Android and Google Play to deliver applications to Android devices.

File Extension BIN

The .BIN/.CUE image file format was developed by Jeff Arnold for the CDRWIN program. An image consists of two files which contain binary data and metadata, respectively. The filenames typically match (e.g. image.bin and image.cue). The .BIN file contains an exact copy of all data stored on an optical disc in raw, unprocessed form but without any subchannel data. For this reason, some programs use the .RAW suffix for these files.

DOCX File Extension

Office Open XML (also referred to as OOXML or Open XML) is an ISO/IEC standardized ZIP-compatible file format originally developed by Microsoft for representing spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents. Starting with Microsoft Office 2007, the Office Open XML file formats (ECMA-376) have become the default file format of Microsoft Office.

What is DLL?

A dynamic-link library (DLL) is a module that contain functions and data that can be used by another module (application or DLL). A DLL can define two kinds of functions: exported and internal. The exported functions are intended to be called by other modules, as well as from within the DLL where they are defined. Internal functions are typically intended to be called only from within the DLL where they are defined. Although a DLL can export data, its data is generally used only by its functions. However, there is nothing to prevent another module from reading or writing that address.

File Extension DMG

A file with the extension .dmg (an abbreviation for disk image) uses a disk image format commonly found on Mac OS X. The format allows secure password protection as well as file compression and hence serves both security and file distribution functions.

What is PDF

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is the file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 for document exchange. PDF is a fixed-layout format used for representing two-dimensional documents in a manner independent of the application software, hardware, and operating system. Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a 2-D document (and, with Acrobat 3-D, embedded 3-D documents) that includes the text, fonts, images, and 2-D vector graphics that compose the documents.

CRDOWNLOAD File Extension

In order to open CRDOWNLOAD file you need to know what exactly it contains. CRDOWNLOAD file extension means that the file download was started by Google Chrome but hasn't completed yet. Typically CRDOWNLOAD file extension is removed by Chrome once download is complete.

File Extension DOWNLOAD

File with DOWNLOAD file extension usually contains an incomplete download started by Apple Safari web browser. Apple Safari adds .DOWNLOAD file extension to a file name when it starts downloading. When downloading process is done .DOWNLOAD file extension removed from the file name.


Home - About Us - Products - Extensions - Corporate - Contact Us - Investors - Locations -

Daily quotes

All my life I said I wanted to be someone. I can see now that I should have been more specific. - Unknown -
There are no uninteresting things, there are only uninterested people. - G K Chesterton -
History does not repeat itself; historians merely repeat each other. - Unknown -