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What is a file extension?

Short answer: it's the set of letters after the period (.) in the name of a file.

Long answer: File extensions signify the file format of a file. It tells the operating system (OS) how data was stored in the file. Not all OS, require a file extension though. For instance, this is optional in Unix, but is mandatory with MS-DOS and Windows systems.

In most file formats the file type is actually defined by the contents (first bytes, file structure), but extensions are used to define the application that is used for opening the file.

Below is a detailed database of thousands of file extensions our team has compiled for you. Feel free to browse!


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MAP - Extension Details
Date Added: February 03, 2009
File Extension:  .MAP
Description 1: .MAT file extension is linked with CRiSP Harvest File. This is the file extension utilized by CRiSP Harvest a userfriendly computer model which stimulates the harvest of 30 Chinook salmon stocks over an extended time by 25 fisheries. The models geographic range extends from Southeast Alaska to the Oregon coast. 2 fisheries and 10 stocks from the Columbia River basin are also included in the model. CRiSP Harvest is freelydistributed software and it is owned and developed by School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, University of Washington.
Description 2: .MAP file extension is linked with HalfLife Map File. This is the game map created for HalfLife a firstperson shooter [FPS] computer game. .MAP files are built using Valve Hammer Editor and are saved in humanreadable textbased file format. It may also be used for generating Quake and Quake II Maps. Valve Hammer Editor was originally known as Worldcraft.
Description 3: .MAP file extension is linked with 3Com Network Supervisor Network Topology Map. This is the file extension for the network topology map utilized by 3Com Network Supervisor. The .MAP file is generated after the Network Supervisor scans a computer network. 3Com Network Supervisor is an easytouse management program that graphically discovers, maps and displays IP devices and network links.
Description 4: .MAP file extension is linked with Hex Workshop Hex Editor Character Map. This is the file extension for the character map utilized by Hex Workshop Hex Editor a set of hexadecimal development tools designed for Microsoft Windows. It combines advanced binary editing with the flexibility and easeofuse of a word processor. Users can edit, copy and paste, cut and paste, and delete hex, print customizable hex dumps and export them to HTML or RTF for publishing. Hex Workshop Hex Editor is owned and developed by BreakPoint Software, Inc.
Description 5: .MAP file extension is linked with Imagination Image Map Editor Coordinates File. This is the file extension for the coordinates file utilized/generated by Imagination Image Map Editor. This file contains the image maps for web sites. Imagination Image Map Editor is an application for making clientside HTML image maps [graphics or photos on web pages with clickable hyperlinkenabled sections]. This application allows users to generate image maps for insertion into web pages minus the coding. Imagination Image Map Editor is owned and developed by Multimedia Australia Pty. Ltd.
Description 6: .MAP file extension is linked with Ingres Termcap Mapping File. This is the file extension for the termcap mapping file utilized by Ingres. Termcap or terminal capability is a database and software library that is used on Unixlike computers. It allows programs to use display computer terminals in a deviceindependent fashion that simplifies the method of writing manageable text mode applications.
Description 7: .MAP file extension is linked with Micrografx Picture Publisher Format Data. This is the file extension for the format data utilized by Micrografx Picture Publisher an image editor and painting application, and it was one of the first Windowsbased photo editors. After the release of Picture Publisher 8, it was renamed iGrafx Image which was only available in iGrafx Designer Suite. Corel acquired Picture Publisher and the iGrafx line of programs after the Micrografx release.
Description 8: .MAP file extension is linked with Linker Map file. .MAP is an output text file from a Linker. It is associated with Microsoft Visual Studio an application that provides development tools to users. Benefits from Visual Studio are: increased productivity, faster results, ability to build dynamic Web, Windows, mobile and MS officebased solutions, communication and collaboration within software teams, ensures quality from start to finish.
Description 9: .MAP file extension is linked with Prognosis Map Document File. This is the file extension utilized by Prognosis applications. It began in 1988 when Integrated Research started providing Prognosis performance management software solutions to 24/7 businesscritical systems. This system has evolved into the HP NonStop Computing Technology that we know of today. The main focus of the providers of Prognosis is to deliver the most precise monitoring solutions so that realtime and faulttolerant architecture can be maintained. It has been used as the backbone solution by various computing platforms such as Linux, Unix and Windows.
Description 10: .MAP file extension is linked with Native Instruments REAKTOR Wavetable File. This is the native format for Reaktor wave files which have embedded file samples in a single file. It also contains 8, 16 and 32bit PCM in mono or stereo sound format. REAKTOR is an extremely powerful and versatile audio application made for musicians, sound engineers, producers and even newbie users.
Description 11: .MAP file extension is linked with Route 66 Card Document. It is the file extension utilized by Route 66 Navigation software. Route 66 is an application utilized by Smartphone. It uses a plugandplay installation, voicecommand instructions and onscreen directions that guide users from the point of departure to destination. It also provides a dynamic routing to help users avoid traffic jams, ongoing road projects or accidents. .MAP file extension and Route 66 are owned and developed by Route 66.
Description 12: .MAP file extension is linked with Offline Explorer file a readable description that identifies the downloaded Web and FTP sites. Offline Explorer is Windowsbased browser that allows unlimited number of Web and FTP sites for offline [or later] viewing, browsing or editing. Offline Explorer supports the following standard technologies: FTP, various proxy servers, CSS, Macromedia Flash, Acrobat, QuickTime, Java & VB scripts, XML/XLS/DTD, Java classes, MS NetShow Channel, VRML, cookies, AAM files, M3U, RealMedia.
Description 13: .MAP file extension is linked with Manifold Map File. This is the file extension for the map files utilized by Manifold System a single, integrated product which provides 3 primary classes of GIS functionality [i.e. desktop application, objects library for programmers and internet map server for web applications]. Various editions of Manifold System make it possible to deliver advanced features to various organizations while providing remarkable capabilities which are also costeffective.
Description 14: .MAP file extension is linked with MapInfo Map File. This is the file extension for the map file which is utilized by MapInfo a Windowsbased mapping program which enables GIS professionals and business analysts to visualize data and geography relationships easily. .MAP is the default file extension utilized by this application. MapInfo is owned and developed by Pitney Bowes Software Inc.
Description 15: .MAP file extension is linked with OziExplorer Map file. This is the default file extension for the map files utilized by OziExplorer an interactive program that allows users to work on their computer screens with digital maps. This application allows users to plan their trips by creating waypoints, tracks and routes on screen and upload them to their GPS. OziExplorer is owned and developed by Des and Lorraine Newman.
File Type:   Data File
Mode: ASCII
Program(s) to Open:  Windows: OziExplorer
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