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Category Example formats Needs dedicated software for rendering?
Image formats JPEG, TIFF, BMP Yes
PDF PDF Yes
Web formats HTML, SWF Yes
Office formats Word, Excel, Powerpoint, RTF Yes
Audio WAV, AIFF, MP3 Yes
Video MP4, AVI Yes
Metadata XML, SGML No (perhaps XML editor/viewer)
Executables, installers, system files EXE, CAB, INF No (unless in shielded virtual environment)
Containers ZIP No (but needs extraction software; may contain files that do require dedicated rendering software)
Source code / scripts JS, M, R No (except for text editor)
(Scientific) text-based data formats CIF, MOL No (except for text editor)
(Scientific) binary data formats MatLab FIG Mostly yes
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