Computer Awareness- Abbreviations & File Extensions- Download Free PDF

Computer Awareness is a topic on which questions are asked in a number of banking exams. The upcoming RBI Assistant Mains exam will have 40 questions on this topic which need to be answered in 20 minutes. If you want to make the most of this exam and want to be selected as an RBI Assistant, you need to ensure that your preparation in this section remains top-notch. The reason being, just like the GA section, this section doesn’t require any calculation. You can just have a glance at the question and there will be 2 scenarios- either you would be knowing the answer or you wouldn’t be knowing it. For your convenience, we have compiled a list of abbreviations & file extensions which will be very handy in your preparation.

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List of Computer Awareness- Abbreviations & File Extensions

Abbreviation/ File Extension	Details
.3dm	Rhino 3D Model
.3ds	3D Studio Scene
.3g2	3GPP2 Multimedia File
.3gp	3GPP Multimedia File
.accdb	Access 2007 Database File
.aif	Audio Interchange File Format
.apk	Android App
.app	Mac OS Application.(app store)
.asp	Active Server Page
.aspx	Active Server Page Extended File
.avi	Audio Video Interleave File
.bak	Backup File
.bat	DOS Batch File
.bmp	Bitmap Image File
.c	C/C++ Source Code File
.cer	Internet Security Certificate
.cgi	Common Gateway Interface Script
.class	Java Class File
.com	DOS Command File
.cpp	C++ Source Code File
.crx	Chrome Extension
.cs	Visual C# Source Code File
.css	Cascading Style Sheet
.csv	Comma Seperated Values File
.dat	Data File
.db	Database File
.dbf	Database File
.doc	Microsoft Word Document
.docx	Microsoft Word Open XML Document
.dtd	Document Type Definition File
.exe	Windows Executable File
.fla	Adobe Flash Animation
.flv	Flash Video File
.gif	Graphical Interchange Format File
.htm	hyper text markup use for Disk operating system
.html	Hypertext Markup Language File
.iff	Interchange File Format
.jar	Java Archive File
.java	Java Source Code File
.jpg/.jpeg	Joint Photographic Experts Group
.js	JavaScript File
.jsp	Java Server Page
.log	Log File
.m4v	iTunes Video File
.man	mandatory file
.max	3ds Max Scene File
.mdb	Microsoft Access Database
.mp3	MP3 Audio File
.mp4	MPEG-4 Video File
.mpa	MPEG-2 Audio File
.mpeg	Moving Picture Extension Group
.mpg	MPEG Video File
.msg	Outlook Mail Message
.obj	Wavefront 3D Object File
.odt	OpenDocument Text Document
.pages	Pages Document
.pdb	Program Database
.php	PHP Source Code File
.plugin	Mac OS X Plug-in
.png	Portable Network Graphic
.pps	PowerPoint Slide Show
.ppt	PowerPoint Presentation
.pptx	PowerPoint Open XML Presentation
.psd	Adobe Photoshop Document
.ra	Real Audio File
.rar	Compressed File (WinRAR Compressed Archive)
.rss	Rich Site Summary
.rtf	Rich Text Format File
.sdf	Standard Data File
.sql	Structured Query Language Data File
.svg	Scale Vector Graphics
.tar	Consolidated Unix File Archive
.tex	LaTeX Source Document
.tif	Tagged Image File Format-Use for storing graphics images on Social media, websites, blogs
.tmp	Temporary File
.txt	Plain Text File
.vb	VBScript File
.vcf	vCard File
.vob	DVD Video Object File
.wav	Waveform Audio File
.wma	Windows Media Audio File
.wmv	Windows Media Video File
.wpd	WordPerfect Document
.wps	Microsoft Works Word Processor Document
.xhtml	Extensible Hypertext Markup Language File
.xlr	Works Spreadsheet
.xls	Excel Spreadsheet
.xlsx	Microsoft Excel Open XML Spreadsheet
.xml	XML File
.zip	Compressed File
EPUB	PUB file extension represents Microsoft Publisher document file format
MOBI	Mobi file extension is used for storing eBooks
wps	Microsoft Works Word Processor Document.