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file format

Summary

file format ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (928 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • file format is a type of data format[2].
  • file format is a type of technical specification[3].
  • file format is a type of technical standard[4].
  • file format is part of file format family[5].
  • file format's Commons category is recorded as File formats[6].
  • file format's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Computer file formats[7].
  • file format's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox file format[8].
  • file format's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/file-format[9].
  • file format's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2748[10].
  • file format's main Wikidata property is recorded as P3266[11].
  • file format's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2701[12].
  • file format's main Wikidata property is recorded as P3381[13].
  • file format's main Wikidata property is recorded as P4460[14].
  • file format's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.org/dc/terms/FileFormat[15].
  • file format's different from is recorded as file system[16].
  • file format's different from is recorded as disk storage format[17].
  • file format's different from is recorded as data format[18].
  • file format's properties for this type is recorded as P31[19].
  • file format's properties for this type is recorded as P361[20].
  • file format's properties for this type is recorded as P1366[21].
  • file format's properties for this type is recorded as P1343[22].
  • file format's properties for this type is recorded as P1163[23].
  • file format's properties for this type is recorded as P1195[24].
  • file format's properties for this type is recorded as P2748[25].
  • file format's properties for this type is recorded as P3266[26].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include data format[2], technical specification[3], and technical standard[4].

Use and Application

file format is part of it family[5].

Why It Matters

file format ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (928 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:Infobox file format
    Svkkl authority id → 0200231-souborove-formaty
    Aliases → —
    Part of → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0200231-souborove-formaty, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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