Any
file format can be sent through the Internet. It is the
World Wide Web and browers that can only display certain
file formats. In addition, there are plugins that can
be add to the browers that can allow more formats to
be displayed. In this section only a few plugins will
be explained.
Plugin -
when you see this: it means a plugin is required to view
this format in browers
Type
of file
Format
Extension
Graphics
1. GIF -
a graphic format with less than 256 colors, can have
transparent layer
2. JPEG - graphic format than can have millions of color,
It is highly compressed
3. PNG - can have up to millions+ colors, can include
transparent layer and gamma information.
1.
.gif
2. .jpg
3. .png
Animation
1. GIF
animation - an animation made out of a series
of gif images, can have a tranparent layer
2. DHTML - Dynamic HTML allows for a layer of information
to animate across web browers
3. SWF - Adobe Flash Format
1.
.gif
2. .html, .htm
3. SWF
Video
1. Quicktime - Plugin -
most popular video format, many different compressions
2. Video for Windows - Plugin -microsoft video
format
3. Real - Plugin -very popular video format
4. MPEG - Plugin - Highly compressed format
1.
.mov
2. .avi
3. ram, ra
4. .mpg
Sound
1. Wave -
basic sound, uncompressed
2. AIF - basic sound, uncompressed
3. MP3 -Plugin - very popular, highly compressed,
CD quality sound
4. AU/ulaw - Sun computers, sound format
5. MIDI - very small file
1.
.wav
2. .aif
3. .mp3
4. .au
5. .mid
Plugin
Things
1. Flash - Plugin -vector
based animation and interactive format
2. Shockwave - Plugin - interactive Director
movie format
1.
.swf
2. .dcr
Programming
1. CGI -
web server and external programming scripts
2. CSS - controls appearance of web pages
3. ASP -
active Server Page
4. PHP - Most popular web programming language
There are many different programming
language and formats. Too many to mention here.
