Editing List of file formats (section)

=== Generic file extensions ===
These are filename extensions and broad types reused frequently with differing formats or no specific format by different programs.

==== Binary files ====
* BAK, BK – [[Bak file]] various backup formats: some just copies of data files, some in application-specific data backup formats, some formats for general file backup programs
* BIN – binary data, often [[memory dump]]s of executable code or data to be re-used by the same software that originated it
* DAT – data file, usually binary data proprietary to the program that created it, or an MPEG-1 stream of [[Video CD]]
* DSK – file representations of various [[disk storage]] images
* RAW – raw (unprocessed) data
* SZH – files that are associated with zero unique file types (the most prevalent being the Binary Data format)

==== Text files ====
* CNF, CONF, CFG – [[configuration file]] substantially software-specific
* LOG – [[logfile]]s usually text, but sometimes binary
* TEXT, TXT, ASC – human-readable [[plain text]], usually no more specific