| English | German |
| common object file format | Common Object File Format (A format in 32-bit programming for executable (image) and object files that is portable across platforms. The Microsoft implementation is called portable executable (PE) file format) |
| file format | Dateiformat (The structure or organization of data in a file. File format is usually indicated by the file name extension) |
| file format escape | Dateiformat-Escapezeichen (" In regular expressions, the usual C language character escape sequences, "\\", "\a", "\b", "\f", "\n", "\r", "\t", "\v", with the usual meanings, that is, backslash, alert, backspace, form feed, newline, carriage return, horizontal tab, and vertical tab, respectively.") |
| flat file format | Flatfileformat (An image file format in which individual objects cannot be edited. Files stored in JPEG, GIF, and BMP formats are all flat files. The PhotoDraw MIX file format is not a flat file format) |
| 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) |
| Managed Object Format file | MOF-Datei (Based on the Interface Definition Language (IDL), a file that describes management information) |
| 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) |
| XPS Document file format | XPS-Dokumentdateiformat (An open, cross-platform document format that allows customers to effortlessly create, share, print, and archive paginated documents) |