QWK is file based offline mail reader format that was popular among bulletin board system BBS users, especially users of FidoNet and other networks that generated large volumes of mail. QWK was originally ... of the SOUP fileformat SOUP format. SOUP was essentially a version of QWK supporting UseNet messages ... MAIL 0025.PAS.html title The Mysterious QWKfileFormat first Jeffery last Foy Category Email Category ..., several dozen offline mail readers supported the QWKformat. Description Like other offline readers, QWK was similar in operation to the Fidonet messages for a particular user are gathered up by the BBS side QWK software, compressed using an application such as PKZIP , and then transferred ... of QWK, the messages were placed in a single large file that was then bundled with several control files and then compressed into a single archive with the tt .QWK tt file extension and typically the BBSes id name as the base filename . The file normally sent to the user automatically using the self starting feature of the ZModem protocol, although most QWK doors allowed a selection of protocols to be used. Once the resulting file has been received by the user, the steps are reversed to extract ... popular. QWK placed replies in a tt .REP tt file again, typically with the BBSes id as the name that was exchanged ... increased the number of users of offline mail. QWKFormat was used for years similarly to Fido ..., QWK uses one file to contain the messages, and another that is used to index their headers ... file. The hard coding of much of QWK system to PCBoard formats led to a number of problems ... UseNet features threading and routing. SOUP, however, was less widely used than the QWKformat. Probably the largest issue for implementing QWK is the .NDX file which contains a record specifier in the old ... ignore it completely. See also Blue Wave SOUP fileformat SOUP ref cite web url http combee.techwood.org ... programming qwk.txt title QWK Mail Packet File Layout, Version 1.3 first Patrick Y. last ... more details
QWK may refer to every week , List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions medication dosage term QWKfileformat , used by offline mail readers QWK Rock, radio station WQWK broadcast from State College, Pennsylvania disambig ... more details
Multiple issues copy edit April 2012 lead too short April 2012 more footnotes October 2008 A fileformat ... these formats compete with each other. File formats can be divided into Proprietary format proprietary and open format s. Generality Some file formats are designed for very particular sorts of data ... format images using lossless data compression . Other file formats, however, are designed for storage ... fileformat correctly. There are, however, two reasons why this is not always the case. First, some fileformat developers view their specification documents as trade secret s, and therefore do not release them to the public. Second, some fileformat developers never spend time writing a separate specification ... data in the format. Using file formats without a publicly available specification can be costly ... copyright , is more often used to protect a fileformat. Although patents for file formats are not directly ... . For example, using compression with the GIF fileformat requires the use of a patented algorithm ... is required to determine the format of a particular file within the filesystem &mdash an example ... the format of a file based on the section of its name following the final period. This portion of the filename ... can easily be tricked into treating a file as a different format simply by renaming it&mdash ... extensions would be a common occurrence and users may depend on them when looking for a file s format ... extension hiding is turned on by default. Internal metadata A second way to identify a fileformat is to store information regarding the format inside the file itself. Usually, such information is written ... the fileformat alone, but also real metadata about the file and its contents. For example most image file formats store information about image size, resolution, color space format and optionally ... into memory. The downsides of file header as a fileformat identification method are at least two ... , especially for metadata content protection s sake, there is some risk that fileformat is misinterpreted ... more details
For the sound format of the same name SPC700 sound format The SPC fileformat is a fileformat for storing spectroscopy spectroscopic data. The SPC fileformat is a fileformat in which all kinds of spectroscopic data, including amongst others infrared spectroscopy infrared spectra , Raman spectroscopy Raman spectra and Ultraviolet visible spectroscopy UV VIS spectra can be stored. The format can be regarded as a database with Object composition record s of variable length and each record stores a different kind of data instrumental information, information on one spectrum of a dataset, the spectrum itself or extra logs ref https ftirsearch.com features converters SPCFileFormat.htm Thermo Scientific SPC FileFormat Bot generated title ref . It was invented by Galactic Industries as generic fileformat for its programs. Their original specification was implemented in 1986, but a more versatile format was created in 1996. References reflist Category Computer file formats Category Spectroscopy compu storage stub ... more details
Go fileformat s are used to record the moves in a Go board game game of Go or for demonstrations, game reviews, and tsumego Go problems . The most popular fileformat is Smart Game Format SGF . Many Go programs can read, edit, and write this format. Kifu are not written in a fileformat for computers, but are a written or printed diagrammatic record of a game. External links http senseis.xmp.net ?FileFormat Sensei s Library page Category Computer Go go stub board videogame stub ... more details
Context date October 2009 The CALS Raster fileformat is a standard for the interchange of graphics data. It was developed as part of the CALS DOD CALS DOD initiative . It defines a standard for encoding and compression of raster bit mapped image data. References MIL R 28002 Requirement for Raster Graphics Representation in Binary Format MIL PRF 28002 Externals Links http www.fileformat.info format cals CALS Raster FileFormat Summary Graphics file formats Category Graphics file formats Category Technical communication ... more details
about the fileformat Ani disambiguation Infobox fileformat name ANI extension tt .ani tt mime owner Microsoft genre Computer animation animated raster graphics raster image format for cursor computers Mouse cursor mouse cursors containerfor containedby extendedfrom extendedto The ANI fileformat is a graphics fileformat used for animation animated cursor computers mouse cursors on the Microsoft Windows operating system . The format is based on the Microsoft RIFF Fileformat RIFF fileformat, which is used as a container format container for storing the individual frames which are standard ICO icon image fileformat Windows icons of the animation. File structure Animated cursors contain the following information in order of position in the file Name optional Artist information optional Default frame rate Sequence information Cursor hotspot Individual frame s . , in ICO icon image fileformat ICO format Individual frame rates optional Frames rates are measured in Jiffy time jiffies , with one jiffy equal to 1 60 of a second, or 16.666 ms. Sequencing Sequence information present in the file determines the sequence of frames, and allows frames to be played more than once, or in a different order than in which they appear in the file. For example, if the animation contains three different images numbered 1, 2 and 3, and the sequence is 1 2 3 2 1, five frames then only three icons need to be stored in the file, thereby saving storage space. See also Cursor computers ICO icon image fileformat External links http www.gdgsoft.com anituner help aniformat.htm Description of the ani fileformat http isc.sans.org diary.html?storyid 2534&dshield 4a9058b3b27bec39517b255884c25591 Vulnerability in Windows Animated Cursor Handling http www.gdgsoft.com anituner .Ani Editor Virus Free Graphics file formats Category Graphics file formats Category Microsoft Windows windows stub cs ANI de ANI it ANI formato di file ja ANI fi ANI ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The UTZ fileformat , format used by Symbian OS devices to store user interface themes. A UTZ file is a ZIP fileformat ZIP file container consisting of one XML file describing the user interface layout and a collection of resources like PNG graphics and mp3 sounds. The full http developer.uiq.com kb guides.html id1051 UIQ 3 themes specification and creation guide is available on the http developer.uiq.com UIQ Developer Portal . Category Archive formats compu storage stub ... more details
Infobox fileformat name ccp4 extension tt .ccp4 tt mime owner creatorcode genre electron density file container for contained by extended from extended to The CCP4 fileformat is file generated by the Collaborative Computational Project Number 4 in 1979. The fileformat for electron density has become industry standard in X ray crystallography and Cryo electron microscopy where the result of the technique is a three dimensional grid of voxel s each with a value corresponding to density of electrons see wave function The CCP4 format is supported by almost every molecular graphics suite that supports volumetric data. The major packages include Visual molecular dynamics PyMOL UCSF Chimera Bsoft Coot program Coot Chemical Computing Group MOE See also MTZ fileformat MRC fileformat EZD fileformat Chemical fileformat Protein Data Bank fileformat Voxel one way of presenting 3D densities External links http www.ccp4.ac.uk html maplib.html description Format technical details Category Computational chemistry Category Chemical file formats chem stub biochem stub ... more details
The IMA fileformat is an archive format used for creating a disk image of floppy disks. This allows for digital storage, transmission, and replication of floppy disks. Files created using this format typically use the .IMA file extension . Format details Merge from IMG fileformat date June 2011 An .IMA file contains a raw dump of the content of a disk. This format is not compatible with the Disk Copy Fast format but is supported by multiple software vendors, and is the same format as VHD fileformat Virtual Floppy Disk .28VFD.29 VFD . Some files with the extension IMG fileformat IMG are in the same format, but this extension is used for a variety of incompatible formats too. Support and development The IMA fileformat is currently supported by WinImage and is used by Nero Burning ROM and Microsoft Virtual Machine Microsoft Virtual Server . Some newer software supports a gzip ped version of the format, called .IMZ, such as WinImage . Use IMA files are used for Digital storage, transmission, and replication of floppy disks. Mounting virtual floppy disk volumes. Transferring bootable volume properties to CDROM and DVD volumes to make bootable CDROMs DVDs. See also List of disk imaging software Disk images Category Archive formats software type stub ... more details
about the fileformat CPT disambiguation Infobox fileformat name CPT extension tt .cpt tt mime owner Corel genre proprietary raster graphics raster image format containerfor containedby extendedfrom extendedto The CPT fileformat is a graphics fileformat used by some versions specify of Corel Photo Paint . It is also possible to open CPT version 6 files with IrfanView , but not with Paint Shop Pro although it is from Corel . Graphics file formats state collapsed graphics software stub Category Graphics file formats ... more details
The ZIM fileformat is an open fileformat that stores wiki content for offline usage. ref cite web title openZIM project wiki url http www.openzim.org Main Page accessdate 4 April 2012 ref Its primary focus is on the contents of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. The format allows for the compression of 900,000 articles full German Wikipedia beginning 2009 to only 1.3 GB, features a fulltext search index, and native category and image handling similar to MediaWiki. In addition to the open fileformat, the openZIM project provides support for an open source ZIM reader. The ZIM fileformat replaces the earlier Zeno fileformat. ZIM stands for Zeno IMproved . ref cite web title Zeno FileFormat url http www.openzim.org Zeno FileFormat work openZIM.org accessdate 10 April 2012 ref ref cite web title .ZIM File url http filext.com file extension ZIM work FILExt accessdate 10 April 2012 ref The openZIM project is sponsored by Wikimedia CH and supported by the Wikimedia Foundation . citation needed date April 2012 References reflist colwidth 33em External links http www.openzim.org Main Page Open Zim Wiki http www.kiwix.org index.php Main Page en Kiwix ZIM reader Category Archive formats Compu stub fr ZIM format de fichier informatique it ZIM formato di file he ZIM ... more details
The Harwell Boeing fileformat also known as HB format is a fileformat designed to store information used to describe sparse matrix sparse matrices . See also Matrix Market exchange formats External links http people.sc.fsu.edu burkardt data hb hb.html HB Files Harwell Boeing Sparse Matrix FileFormat a detailed description of the HB format Category Computer file formats storage software stub de Harwell Boeing Format pt Formato de ficheiro Harwell Boeing ru Harwel Boeing ... more details
Notation Interchange FileFormat NIFF is a music notation fileformat used primarily for transferring music notation between different scorewriter s. The NIFF project was started in February 1994 to create an open format that would allow exchange of music between various scanning Music OCR , editing and typesetting programs. The project was sponsored by several music notation software publishers. The NIFF format itself is based upon RIFF Fileformat RIFF Resource Interchange FileFormat , a file structure provided by Microsoft, in which data is divided into Lists, Chunks and Tags. Almost all data in a NIFF file are optional. The level of detail contained can range from just the pitch and timing akin to MIDI to a precise page layout, embedded graphics and embedded MIDI information. Though detailed and comprehensive, the standard never really caught on except for limited interchange between music OCR software and scorewriting software. Three of the music OCR programs in widespread use PhotoScore, SharpEye, and SmartScore export NIFF files. NIFF is now considered obsolete mainly due to the MusicXML format. As of February 2006 the NIFF project web site has been closed. The NIFF SDK is available at the http www.music notation.info en formats NIFF.html The NIFF SDK Archive for educational usage. External links http www.music notation.info en formats NIFF.html The NIFF SDK Archive Category Music notation file formats de Notation Interchange FileFormat pl Notation Interchange FileFormat ... more details
Backup FileFormat is a data archive format used by the IBM AIX operating system. It stores copies of files in an analogous manner to the Unix Tar fileformat tar format. BFF files can be created by the AIX backup command, and read by the corresponding restore command. There is no standard file suffix, although some files use code .bff code . However, files can be identified programmatically by their magic number in the first 4 bytes. This can be either code 0x09006bea code or code 0x09006fea code , in big endian byte order. ref File magic numbers shown in the etc magic file on AIX 6.1, file revision bos61B src bos usr bin file POWER magic 1.20 ref The Backup FileFormat is also used for AIX software packages. ref http www.redbooks.ibm.com redbooks pdfs sg246606.pdf Managing AIX Server Farms , Chapter 6 ref References refs Category Computer file formats ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Dablink This page is about the MIFF fileformat. For the film festivals, see Melbourne International Film Festival or Milano International Film Festival Not to be confused with ImageMagick The Magick Image FileFormat , abbreviated MIFF , is an image Fileformatformat used by ImageMagick . It may be used to store bitmap images platform computing platform independently. A MIFF file consists of two sections. The header computing header s consist of ISO 8859 1 encoded byte s, each with pairs consisting of key value . Keys include background color, depth, compression rows, units, and custom key value pairs. The latter can include things like copyright or comment. The list is terminated with a Null character NULL character. The next section contains the binary image data. The exact format is defined by the class header. Usually it is RGBA or CMYK . External links http www.imagemagick.org script miff.php Magick Image FileFormat specification from ImageMagick s website Category Graphics file formats Graphics file formats graphics software stub ... more details
The FLIC fileformat s most known in the extension .FLI and .FLC , used to store animation files. It is similar to animated GIF . The FLIC animation format was originally developed by Autodesk for use with Autodesk Animator FLI and Autodesk Animator Pro FLC . External links http woodshole.er.usgs.gov operations modeling flc.html The FLI FLC Animation Format in USGS http www.compuphase.com flic.htm The FLIC fileformat in CompuPhase http bespin.org qz pc gpe fli.for FLI and FLC info Graphics file formats Category Graphics file formats Multimedia software stub pl FLIC format ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2011 The Extensible LADAR Format XLF fileformat was developed at the Utah State University USU Center for Advanced Imaging LADAR for use with large multi gigabyte LADAR point clouds. Category Computer file formats compu storage stub ... more details
Infobox fileformat name Snapshot File icon extension tt .snp tt mime owner Microsoft type code genre Access report output, multi page, precise containerfor EMF FileFormat EMF contained pages containedby Cabinet fileformat CAB compression wrapper extended from extended to The SNP fileformat is used by Microsoft Access to store Report Snapshots in a single file which can be viewed and printed by the Microsoft http www.microsoft.com downloads details.aspx?FamilyID b73df33f 6d74 423d 8274 8b7e6313edfb&DisplayLang en Snapshot Viewer , available as a no additional charge download from Microsoft runs ... do not have Microsoft Access installed. Fileformat SNP files are based on the Microsoft Compound File Binary Format CFBF , ref cite web accessdate 2006 05 22 format PDF url http www.aafassociation.org html specs aafcontainerspec v1.0.1.pdf title Advanced Authoring Format Low Level Container Specification ... discussion of SNP fileformat ref Since CFBF files are not compressed, Microsoft s Cabinet fileformat CAB format is used to reduce the size of the CFBF, resulting in a compact fileformat which may be only ... archive archivedate 2006 05 07 ref which is also the basis for the Advanced Authoring Format AAF . CFBF is a reasonably simple container format which can store multiple files, directories and so on. ref cite web accessdate 2006 05 22 format PDF url http sc.openoffice.org compdocfileformat.pdf title Microsoft Compound Document FileFormat work OpenOffice.org CFBF description ref For SNP files, Microsoft Access uses CFBF to store each page as a separate EMF FileFormat Enhanced Metafile EMF like format containing all of the graphics commands required to reproduce the page. ref cite web accessdate 2008 09 27 format HTML url http social.msdn.microsoft.com Forums en US os binaryfile thread 858f2a6e ... In Access 2010, snapshot format for reports will not be available. As an alternative, you can ... Access 2010 deprecated features and components Category Computer file formats Category Container ... more details
about the fileformat specification used in genomics the compression format ACE fileformat The ACE fileformat is a specification for storing data about genomic contig s. The Center for Bioinformatics and Computation provides a http www.cbcb.umd.edu research contig representation.shtml ACE short description of the ACE format . The original ACE format was developed for use with Consed , a program for viewing, editing, and finishing DNA sequence assembly sequence assemblies . ACE files are generated by various assembly programs, including Phrap , CAP3 , Newbler , Arachne , AMOS sequence assembly more specifically Minimo and Tigr Assembler v2 . External links http bcr.musc.edu manuals CONSED.txt ACE format specification http doc.bioperl.org releases bioperl current bioperl live Bio Assembly IO ace.html BioPerl IO module for ACE http www.cbcb.umd.edu research contig representation.shtml Contig representation in several assembly formats Category Computer file formats bioinformatics stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date May 2008 Infobox fileformat name Layered Image FileFormat extension tt .liff tt mime owner Improvision creatorcode LIFF genre Image file formats container for contained by extended from extended to Layered Image FileFormat LIFF is a fileformat used in the Openlab suite for microscope image processing . It is a proprietary format, but has an open, extensible form analogous to TIFF . It was specifically designed to contain a large number of high resolution images, and also all of the meta data generated by analysis of such images. Apart from being an acronym, the name LIFF was chosen to honour Douglas Adams and John Lloyd writer John Lloyd s The Meaning of Liff , which was in turn named after Liff, Scotland Liff , a town in Scotland. Category Graphics file formats software type stub graphics software stub nn LIFF ... more details
Merge to IMA fileformat date June 2011 Refimprove date December 2009 The IMG fileformat is one of the following files A CD or DVD image file, essentially equivalent to an ISO file. On such a file, simply ... format used for creating a disk image of floppy disks and HDDs. This allows for digital storage, transmission, and replication of floppy disks and HDDs. Files created using this format typically use the .IMG file extension . There are different, incompatible image formats which use the .IMG extension. A file in the Macintosh Disk Image format used by Aladdin Systems now Allume Systems ShrinkWrap and Apple Disk Copy for Mac OS although they share the same file extension. The IMG fileformat, also known as GEM IMG , is an image fileformat used to store bitmap digital images on Graphical Environment Manager . A graphics image format used in various ways by many different graphics software packages. A map fileformat used by Garmin GPS devices IMG formats The IMG file extension is used .... The first few bytes of the file may identify the imaging program that created it as the file is compressed its size depends upon the contents of the image. Support and development The raw IMG fileformat ... by Qemu , VirtualBox and WinImage . Nero Burning ROM prior to 6.0 supported reading IMG file for creating bootable CD , but since then calls them IMA fileformat IMA . Image files with the .IMG ... disk image Disk images DEFAULTSORT Img FileFormat Category Computer file formats Category Archive .... This format is not compatible with the Disk Copy Fast and DiskDupe format but is supported by multiple software vendors and conventions. It contains the same data as the IMA fileformat IMA fileformat. In this case the image typically begins with a File Allocation Table Boot Sector FAT boot sector ... . The file size will always be a multiple of the sector size &mdash generally 512 bytes, but other sizes such as 128 and 1024 existed. More precisely the file size corresponds to tt abbr title CHS Cylinders× ... more details
An audio fileformat is a fileformat for storing digital audio data on a computer system. This data ... with defined storage layer. Types of formats It is important to distinguish between a fileformat ... itself is stored in a file with a specific audio fileformat. Although most audio file formats support ... fileformat AU or raw audio format raw header less PCM Formats with lossless data compression lossless ... There is one major uncompressed audio format, PCM , which is usually stored in a .wav file on Microsoft Windows Windows or in a .aiff file on Mac OS . The AIFF format is based on the Interchange FileFormat IFF . The WAV format is based on the RIFF Fileformat Resource Interchange FileFormat RIFF ... in the file. See Broadcast Wave Format European Broadcasting Union Specification of the Broadcast ... BWF as their preferred format. The .cda Compact Disk Audio Track is a small file that serves as a File ... not considered to be a proper audio fileformat. Lossless compressed audio formats A lossless ... function, and voice recorders AIFF standard audio fileformat used by Apple Inc. Apple . It could ... style Sony ATRAC format. It always has a .wav file extension. To open these files, install the ATRAC3 drivers. Au fileformat Au the standard audio fileformat used by Sun Microsystems Sun , Unix and Java ..., same as the ITU T s G.722.2 specification. Dct FileFormat dct A variable codec format designed .... FLAC flac Fileformat for the Free Lossless Audio Codec, a lossless compression codec. GSM FR ... MPEG Layer III Audio. Is the most common sound fileformat used today. Musepack mpc Musepack or MPC ... no audio data itself. raw audio format raw a raw file can contain audio in any format but is usually ..., real time lossless audio codec. VOX fileformat vox the vox format most commonly uses the Dialogic ... in order to play a vox file. wav standard audio file container format used mainly in Microsoft Windows ... use a Resource Interchange FileFormat RIFF structure. Windows Media Audio wma the popular Windows ... more details
deadend date April 2012 Universal FileFormat is a fileformat originally developed by the Structural Dynamics Research Corporation SDRC to standardize data transfer between computer aided design CAD and computer aided test CAT software packages. References Reflist Refbegin cite web title NI tutorial on UFF url http zone.ni.com devzone cda tut p id 4463 A tutorial from NI website. Refend CAD software stub Category Computer file formats Category Computer aided design software ... more details
otheruses2 XM Infobox fileformat name XM icon logo screenshot caption extension .xm mime audio xm type code uniform type magic owner Triton demogroup Triton genre Module file Module fileformat container for contained by extended from MOD fileformat MOD extended to standard XM , standing for extended MOD fileformat module , is an audio file type introduced by Triton demogroup Triton s Fast Tracker Fast Tracker 2 . XM introduced multisampling capable instruments with volume and panning envelopes, and basic pattern compression. It also expanded the available effect commands and channels, added 16 bit sampling music sample support, and offered an alternate frequency table for portamento s. XM is a common format for many chiptune s. See also Module file MOD fileformat S3M fileformat External links http www.milkytracker.org MilkyTracker A free software cross platform XM Tracker music software tracker http mikmod.raphnet.net libmikmod A free software library for using .XM http pweb.jps.net olivierl ModPlug Old modplug website http modplug xmms.sf.net libmodplug A free software library for playing using .XM with a frontend can convert XM files . http www.un4seen.com bass.html BASSMOD Proprietary library for using .XM and a XM player http www.foobar2000.org components view foo dumb foo dumb foobar2000 plugin for .XM format Multimedia software stub Category Module file formats cs XM souborov form t de XM Dateiformat hu XM f jlform tum pl XM format pliku sk XM ... more details
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