| Subject | English | German |
| comp., MS | format file | Formatdatei (A file containing meta information (such as data type and column size) that is used to interpret data when being read from or written to a data file) |
| tech. | format file | Formatdatei |
| comp., MS | Managed Object Format file | MOF-Datei (Based on the Interface Definition Language (IDL), a file that describes management information) |
| comp., MS | Management Information Format file | Management-Information-Format-Datei (A file that can be used to modify the SMS/Configuration Manager database by creating architectures, object classes, and attributes) |
| IT, dat.proc. | V-format file | Datei mit variablen Feldern |