| English | French |
| common object file format | format COFF (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 | format de fichier (The structure or organization of data in a file. File format is usually indicated by the file name extension) |
| file format escape | échappement de format de fichier (" 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 | format de fichier plat (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 | fichier de format (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) |
| Management Information Format file | fichier MIF (A file that can be used to modify the SMS/Configuration Manager database by creating architectures, object classes, and attributes) |
| stream format file | fichier de format de flux (A file used by a player to decode a multicast stream) |
| Tagged Image File Format | format TIFF (A high resolution, tag-based image format used for scanning, storing, and combining graphic images) |
| XPS Document file format | format de fichier document XPS (An open, cross-platform document format that allows customers to effortlessly create, share, print, and archive paginated documents) |