WHERE TO GO FROM HERE

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While so many different file formats might seem overwhelming, relax. Once you start searching and downloading files on your own, you’ll find that most people stick to just a handful of common file formats, such as MP3 for music, JPEG (or JPG) for photographs, AVI for video, and DOC or PDF for books.

Rather than trying to learn all the different file formats you’re likely to find on the Internet, just start out learning the file formats you’re likely to find while trading your favorite types of files, such as music or video files. Once you learn the common formats for storing your favorite types of files, you’ll soon learn the common formats used for storing other types of data, and before you know it, you’ll be able to identify the contents of most files just by peeking at the file extension. If you're stumped by a file format that you're not familiar with, visit one of the following two sites:

FILExt http://www.filext.com

Every File Format in the World http://whatis.techtarget.com/fileFormatA

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