Web Files

Developed by Oracle, the JNLP extension refers to files stored in the Java Network Launching Protocol format. These are XML-based files that contain the necessary information to download and run a JAR file. Users can access them via any text editor and run them if they have the JRE (Java Runtime Environment). The JNLP files […]

Introduced in 1991 by Tim Berners-Lee and other CERN engineers, the HTML extension refers to files stores in the Hypertext Markup Language. These are documents that a web browser will display to all its users. The browsers use the language to understand and compose texts, images, and other materials into a relevant audio-visual output that […]

Developed by Microsoft, the ASPX file is an Active Server Page Extended file. It is a webpage generated on the ASP.NET framework and contains multiple scripts in C# or VBScript code. These are processed into HTML by the web server and sent over to the user’s web browser. Any web page whose URL ends with […]

The MHT files refer to files written in MHTML or MIME HTML format, which saves HTML, images, and other requisite resources in a single cluster. These are commonly useful in archiving webpages. It commences with the encoded HTML file and then uses Base64 encryption for the rest of its content.

A PHP file represents a webpage comprising a Hypertext Preprocessor code. These pages are developed by developers and can include PHP functions to process online forms. Rasmus Lerdorf created it, but Zend Technologies maintains it currently. The PHP files represent server-side scripts. The developer must place them on the PHP-installed servers for the users to […]

Developed by World Wide Web Consortium, the HAR extension refers to an archive saved in the HTTP Archive format. It is a JSON-formatted file type mainly used in collecting HTTP performance data. The main task of the extension is to track the performance of web browsers. So it collects and stores information about the tracked […]

The PEM file extension refers to Privacy Enhanced Mail certificates, which are Base64-encoded, and are used to secure and authenticate websites. These have been a result of the development carried out by PSRG (Privacy and Security Research Group) of the IRTF. A PEM file may have a private key and CA server certificate or any […]

The JSON extension started as a format based on a subset of JavaScript but has transformed into a language-independent codec which is used by several programming APIs. It stores data structures and objects in JavaScript Object Notation form and is a standard data interchange medium. These files are text-based, and human-editable, which makes them the […]

A DOWNLOAD file extension is a temporary file type that stores ongoing download files or the interrupted ones which couldn’t finish downloading. Most web browsers create them, such as Apple’s Safari or Google Chrome. While the user is downloading a file, it has the extension DOWNLOAD appended to it. Say that you are downloading an […]