File Extension	Type of File	Binary or ASCII File	Recommended Software to Use
.arj	Compressed File	Binary	ARJ Decompressor
.au	Sound File	Binary	Playany or GoldWave
.avi	Movie File	Binary	Avi Pro
.bas	Basic Programming Language File	Binary	Run program in QBasic for DOS
.bmp	Picture	Binary	Paintbrush for Windows or Paint Shop Pro
.clp	Picture from the Clipboard in Windows	Binary	Use the Clipbard in Windows or Paint Shop Pro
.des	Text File	ASCII	Use a wordprocessor
.doc	Text File	ASCII	use a wordprocessor
.dvi	Text File	Binary	????
.exe	Self Extracting File Or An Executable File	Binary	To run, type the filename
.gif	Picture	Binary	Paint Shop Pro
.gz	Compressed File	Binary	To use the file, it needs to be decompressed
.html or .htm	Code commonly used for WWW Pages	ACSII or BINARY	Netscape or another Web Browser
.jpg	Picture	Binary	Paint Shop Pro
.mid	Sound File	Binary	Midi Player or Windows Media Player
.mov	Movie known as QuickTime	Binary	Use a Quicktime Player like QuickTime for Windows
.mpg	Movie known as MPEG	Binary	Use a MPEG player like Windows MPEG PLayer or MPEG Viewer For DOS or Windows
.pcx	Picture	Binary	Paintbrush or Paint Shop Pro
.ps	Text File known as Postscript	ASCII	Send to a printer that can print Postscript
.snd	Sound File	Binary	GoldWave
.tar	UNIX compressed file	Binary	DeTar V1.1 or PdTar
.tga	Picture	Binary	Paint Shop Pro
.tif	Picture	Binary	Paint Shop Pro
.txt	Text File	Binary	Use a wordprocessor
.voc	Sound File	Binary	GoldWave
.wav	Sound File	Binary	Windows Sound Recorder or GoldWave
.wpg	Word Perfect Graphic	Binary	Paint Shop Pro
.Z	Compressed File	Binary	To use, file must be decompressed
.zip	Compressed File	Binary	File must be decompressed. Pkunzip

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