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V = Main input file Vivid 2.0

V = ReaGeniX Consistency check support

V = subsampled raw YUV bitmap

V06 = Xwave file

V22 = CWCDATA file

V3D = Stratum Samples Models Balls3d 2 file

V3S = Voice Master Key Sound

V44 = CWCDATA file

V56 = modem Patch

V5D = Dataset UNIX chemical

V5D = Mime: application/vis5d

V64 = Nintento 64 Emulation ROM Image

V8 = Covox 8-bit Audio

VAB = Album Visualb

VAC = Oc2.316s cakit file

VAF = Microsoft Visual Studio Common Tools Vanalyzr Proj. Item file

VAG = Sony PlayStation ADPCM Sound File

VAL = Macintosh Spreadsheet (VALU)

VAL = Validity checks and referential integrity (Paradox for Windows)

VAL = Values list object file (dBASE Application Generator)

VALU = Same as VAL

VAM = Microsoft Visual Studio Common Tools Vanalyzr Proj. Item file

VAN = VistaPro animation

VAP = Value Added Process (NetWare 2.xx)

VAR = variables file (eg IconAuthor)

VARS = Templates file

VAX = Pbm plus file

VB = Visual Basic script

VBA = VBA Module; Visual Basic for Applications (generic name)

VBA = VBase file

VBC = Vocabulary

VBD = Visual Basic 5 Active Document (Internet/Intranet document)

VBDPROJ = VisualStudio.vbdproj.9.0 open with: "%ProgramFiles%\Gemeinsame Dateien\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\VSLauncher.exe" "%1" NoOpen Content Type text/plain

VBE = Visual Basic script

VBG = Visual Basic 5 Project group file

VBK = VisualCADD Backup File [Support Group]

VBK = Mime: audio/vnd.nortel.vbk

VBL = Visual Basic user control licensing

VBOX = Mime: application/vnd.previewsystems.box

VBOXLM = Vbox Common file

VBP = Visual Basic 4 Project (similar to MAK)

VBPROJ = VisualStudio.vbproj.9.0 open with: "%ProgramFiles%\Gemeinsame Dateien\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\VSLauncher.exe" "%1" NoOpen Content Type text/plain

VBR = Visual Basic remote automation Registration file

VBS = MPEG Movie Clip

VBS = Visual Basic for Applications Script

VBW = Microsoft Visual Basic workspace

VBX = Visual Basic eXtension (custom control), 16 bit, can be used by e.g. Visual Basic or C++

VBZ = Visual Basic Setup Wizard launch file

VC = Include file with color definitions (Vivid 2.0)

VC = Spreadsheet; VisiCalc; also VCX

VC1 = Ms Visual C 1 (make-) file

VC15 = Ms Visual C 1.5 (make-) file

VC2 = Ms Visual C 2 (make-) file

VC4 = Ms Visual C 4 (make-) file

VC5 = Ms Visual C 5 (make-) file

VC6 = Ms Visual C 6 (make-) file

VC7 = Ms Visual C 7 (make-) file

VC_ = C Poet compressed Disk1 file

VCA = Visual Clip Art

VCD = VisualCADD Drawing File [Support Group]

VCD = Mime: application/x-cdlink

VCE = Cool Edit NMS file, audio editor file

VCF = Mime: text/x-vcard

VCF = Outlook Express VCard file

VCF = Vevi Configuration File

VCF = WorldToolKit objects

VCG = Mime: application/vnd.groove-vcard

VCL = Jill game file

VCM = Visual Component File

VCP = Visual Studio (7).NET Project settings file

VCP = Workspace Information (old MS Visual C++ 32-bit versions)

VCPREF = Symantec Shared file

VCPROJ = Visual Studio .NET Project settings file

VCR = Arvid VCR driver

VCS = Mime: text/x-vCalendar

VCS = Netscape Calendar data

VCT = Visual Foxpro98 Solution file

VCW = MS Visual C++ Status File, used with MAK files

VCWIN32 = (make-)files for Ms Vc

VCX = Mime: application/vnd.vcx

VCX = MS Class Browser class library

VCX = Spreadsheet; VisiCalc Advanced

VD2 = Vedit file

VDA = Graphics (VDA-FS surface data)

VDA = Mime: application/vda

VDA = Truevision Targa bitmap image

VDA = Video Display Adapter image format

VDB = Trend Pc-cillin 2000 file

VDDPROJ = VisualStudio.vddproj.9.0 open with: "%ProgramFiles%\Gemeinsame Dateien\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\VSLauncher.exe" "%1" NoOpen Content Type text/plain

VDF = Webcd virtual driver plugins file

VDI = Bitmap image (Digital Research GEM VDI file)

VDK = Steuer99 file

VDM = Vedit file

VDO = Mime: video/vdo

VDO = Sound in conjunction with AVI files

VDO = VDOLive Script Video image (Story Board)

VDP = VisualStudio.vdp.9.0 open with: "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" "%1" NoOpen Content Type text/plain

VDPROJ = VisualStudio.vdproj.9.0 open with: "%ProgramFiles%\Gemeinsame Dateien\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\VSLauncher.exe" "%1" NoOpen Content Type text/plain

VDR = Drawing (ComputerEasy Draw)

VDT = SwiftView Command File

VDU = Detailer 3D file

VDX = driver 32bits

VECT = 3d Graphic

VEH = Vector data (SPANS VEH/VEC format)

VEL = 3D drawing file (CAD( (Ashlar)

VEM = Voice Email

VER = Version description (Windows)

VERS = Version description (many)

VERSATEC = Misc

VERSION = Version dist file

VERT* = glslang vertices program (* means only .vert is tested)

VET = VET antivirus system file

VEW = GroupWise for Windows

VEW = Mime: application/groupwise

VEW = Mime: application/vnd.lotus-approach

VEW = View file (Clipper 5/Lotus Approach, earlier versions than 3.0)

VF = vitual terrain software

VFA = FontLab database file

VFD = Drive Image5 Vfd file

VFF = DESR VFF greyscale bitmap image

VFF = Sun TAAC Image File Format bitmap image

VFL = Clip art file (PrintMaster Gold)

VFM = Ventura Publisher Font Metrics file

VFN = Voting Form for Customers (Voter)

VFP = Qtreader file

VFW = Video for windows image format

VfW_ = (MAC FILE_TYPE) AVI Moviee Messagee Fiavi

VGA = OS/2 bitmap image

VGA = Same as BMP VGA resolution MS MRBC.EXE

VGA = Vga display font

VGD = Vga display driver (Generic CADD)

VGDt = (MAC FILE_TYPE) SAM

VGL = Config 911s file

VGR = Ventura Publisher graphics/bitmap

vgrd = (MAC CREATOR CODE) LaserWriter (Postscript file)

vgrd = (MAC FILE_TYPE) LaserWriter

VH = Winhelp Vh file

VHD = "Very High-level Design Language" Hardware design document

VHDL = "Very High-level Design Language" Hardware design document

VH~ = V-help file

VI = Bitmap image (Jovian Logic VI video capture board)

VI = Script (Watcom Vi editor)

VI = Virtual Instrument file

VI_ = Audio Waveprg Samplitude compressed file

VIB = Chemsoft Export/Import MSDS Data

VIC = Graphics (VICAR - Video Image Communication and Retrieval)

VICAR = Graphics (VICAR - Video Image Communication and Retrieval)

VID = Bitmap image (YUV12C M-Motion Frame Buffer file)

VID = Screen device driver (Ms DOS/Word)

VID = Vidcom 64 image format

VID = Video Driver (Microsoft DOS applications)

VID = Visual Image Directory

VIF = 1bit CCITT Group 4 bitmap image (Verity Image Format)

VIF = Bitmap image (Khoros Visualization Image File Format)

VIFF = Bitmap image (Khoros Visualization Image File Format)

VIK = Viking graphics

VIM = Vim script file

viOj = (MAC FILE_TYPE) Po

VIP = Mumath 30 Vip file

VIR = file identified as a virus-infected file by Norton AntiVirus

VIS = Mime: application/vnd.informix-visionary

VIS = StudioPro 3D file

VIS = Vista graphics

VIS4 = (MAC FILE_TYPE) MindVision Install File

VISA = (MAC FILE_TYPE) Apple File Exchange File

VISIO4 = Visio-file

VIT = Bitmap image (VITec scanner raster format)

VITEC = ViTec Tiled Image File

VIV = Mime: video/vivo

VIV = Mime: video/vnd.vivo

VIV = VivoActive ActiveX Control (streaming video)

VIVO = Mime: video/vivo

VIVO = Mime: video/vnd.vivo

VIVO = VivoActive movies and audio

VIZ = Division dVS/dVISE File

VJP = VisualStudio.vjp.8.0 open with: "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" "%1" NoOpen Content Type text/plain

VJSPROJ = VisualStudio.vjsproj.8.0 open with: "%ProgramFiles%\Gemeinsame Dateien\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\VSLauncher.exe" "%1" NoOpen Content Type text/plain

VLB = Corel Ventura LiBrary

VLC = VLC.vlc special configuration file for application(binary format)

VLM = Virtual Loadable Module (Netware)

VLT = Darn! Passwords! Vault File

VM = Geoworks Virtual Memory file (or localization file)

VM = Virtual Memory (Swap File)

VMB = Quicken 2002 order file

VMC = Virtual memory configuration (DOS/4GW PM 32X DOS Extender)

VMD = Mime: application/vocaltec-media-desc

VMD = Mime: chemical/x-vmd

VMD = Movie-format (used in "gabriel knight ii")

VMF = Mime: application/vocaltec-media-file

VMF = Ventura Publisher font characteristics

VMG = Image file

VMI = Mime: application/x-dremacast-vms-info

VML = "Microsoft Office 2000" Vector markup language

VMN = VXDSRC file

VMO = Siemens Sl45 Mobile Phone Voice File

VMOX = Virtual MakeOver Content

VMS = CVS and VMS sound files (continous variable slope)

VMS = Mime: application/x-dremacast-vms

VMS = Text file containing VMS specific info

VMsg = (MAC FILE_TYPE) CompuServe Message

VNA = Video Capture Album

VNC = Virtual Network Computing

VNS = iClone_VNS open with: %ProgramFiles%\Reallusion\iClone 2\iClone.exe "%1"

VO = Vivid 2.0 include file with object definition

VOB = MPEG-2 movie

VOB = Vue d'Esprit image format

VOC = Creative Lab's Soundblaster digitized sound (PlayVoc)

VOC = Mime: audio/voc

VOC = Mime: audio/x-voc

VOD = Video On Demand

VOF = VZ Programmer Object Folder

VOK = Dictionary file

VOL = Volume file (many prg)

VORT = Bitmap image (Very Ordinary Rendering Toolkit)

VOS = Mime: video/vosaic

VOX = Dialogic sound

VOX = Mime: audio/voxware

VOX = Voice (generic name)

VP = 3D Studio Video Posting

VP = Ventura Publisher publication

VPB = Quantel VPB image format

VPF = Vector Product Format

VPG = Graphics (VPGraphics)

VPH = Virtual Pascal Help (VP/OS2)

VPI = Virtual Pascal Unit (VP/OS2)

VPR = VideoCraft Project bitmap animation

VPR = Visual Prolog Resource

VPX = Fh5 Usenglsh file

VQA = Video files (Westwood Studios)

VQE = Mime: audio/x-twinvq-plugin

VQE = Yamaha Sound-VQ Locator file

VQF = Mime: audio/x-twinvq

VQF = Music (Transform-domain Weighted Interleave Vector Quantization)

VQL = Mime: audio/x-twinvq

VQL = Mime: audio/x-twinvq-plugin

VQL = Yamaha Sound-VQ Locator file

VRB = Dict file

VRC = REGSRC VXD file

VRE = Mime: x-world/x-vream

VRE = VREAMScript extension

VRF = Oracle 7 Configuration File

VRJ = Mime: x-world/x-vrt

VRM = QuattroPro overlay file

VRM = Virtual Reality Modeling Language

VRM = Visual Rexx language source code file (Watcom VRexx)

VRML = Mime: application/x-vrml

VRML = Mime: model/vrml

VRML = Mime: x-world/x-vrml

VRML = VRML Worlds for WWW, (Virtual Reality Modeling Language)

VRO = PDVDmpgfile open with: "%ProgramFiles%\Home Cinema\PowerDVD\PowerDVD.exe" "%L"

vrod = (MAC FILE_TYPE) QuickTime VR Player

VRP = WATCOM VXRexx project

VRS = WordPerfect Video ReSource (device driver)

VRT = Mime: x-world/x-vrt

VRT = ViRTual world (WWW)

VRW = Mime: x-world/x-vream

VRW = VREAMScript Command Language ActiveX 3D

VS = Include file with surface definition (Vivid 2.0)

VS2 = Roland-Bass Transfer File

VS? = Visio file

VSC = McAffee VirusScan configuration

VSCONTENT = VisualStudio.ContentInstaller.vscontent open with: "%ProgramFiles%\Gemeinsame Dateien\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\VSContentInstaller.exe" "%1" NoOpen Content Type application/xml

VSD = FlowChart; Visio Document

VSD = Mime: application/vnd.visio

VSD = Mime: application/x-visio

VSDIR = Microsoft Visual Studio Ide Newfileitems file

VSDISCO = SOAP Dynamic Discovery File (MS SOAP & .NET apps)

VSH = McAfee VirusShield ConfigFile

VSH = vertex shader definitions for Direct3D programming. (DirectX 8.1 SDK)

VSI = VisualStudio.ContentInstaller.vsi open with: "%ProgramFiles%\Gemeinsame Dateien\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\VSContentInstaller.exe" "%1" NoOpen Content Type application/ms-vsi

VSK = Msdev Common Ide file

VSL = Download List file

VSL = Mime: application/x-cnet-vsl

VSM = VisSim simulation model

VSMACROS = VisualStudio.MacroProject.Binary.9.0 special configuration file for application(binary format)

VSMDI = VisualStudio.vsmdi.9.0 open with: "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /dde Content Type application/xml

VSMDI = VisualStudio.vsmdi.9.0 open with: "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /dde NoOpen Content Type application/xml

VSMPROJ = VisualStudio.MacroProject.Text.9.0 special configuration file for application(binary format)

VSN = ViruSafe version file (information about all the files in a dir)

VSP = SPX sprite

VSPF = VisualStudio.vspf.9.0 special configuration file for application(binary format)

VSPOLICY = VisualStudio.vspolicy.8.0 open with: "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /dde Content Type application/xml

VSPOLICYCACHE = VisualStudio.vspolicycache.8.0 special configuration file for application(binary format)

VSPOLICYDEF = VisualStudio.vspolicydef.8.0 open with: "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /dde Content Type application/xml

VSPROPS = VisualStudio.vsprops.9.0 special configuration file for application(binary format)

VSPS = VisualStudio.vsps.9.0 special configuration file for application(binary format)

VSPSCC = VisualStudio.vspscc.9.0 special configuration file for application(binary format) Content Type text/plain

VSS = Mime: application/vnd.visio

VSS = Visio smartshapes file

VSSCC = VisualStudio.vsscc.9.0 special configuration file for application(binary format) Content Type text/plain

VSSETTINGS = VisualStudio.vssettings.9.0 special configuration file for application(binary format) Content Type text/xml

VSSSCC = VisualStudio.vssscc.9.0 special configuration file for application(binary format) Content Type text/plain

VST = Mime: application/vnd.visio

VST = Mime: application/x-visio

VST = Visio Flowchart

VST = ViSTa Truevision Targa bitmap image

VSTEMPLATE = VisualStudio.vstemplate.9.0 open with: "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /dde PerceivedType text PerceivedType text Content Type text/xml

VSTO = bootstrap.vsto.1 open with: rundll32.exe "%ProgramFiles%\Gemeinsame Dateien\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\vstoee.dll",InstallVstoSolution %1 PerceivedType text PerceivedType text Content Type application/x-ms-vsto

VSU = Visio custom user interface file

VSW = Mime: application/vnd.visio

VSW = Mime: application/x-visio

VSW = Visio Workspace file

VSX = VisioViewer.Viewer open with: "%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome NoOpen Content Type application/vnd.ms-visio.viewer

VSX = VisioViewer.Viewer open with: "%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome PerceivedType text PerceivedType text Content Type application/vnd.ms-visio.viewer

VSZ = Msdev Visual Interdev98 Templates Web Projects file

VTI = Visualization Toolkit Image Data (http://www.vtk.org)

VTK = Visualization Toolkit Legacy File Format (http://www.vtk.org)

VTK = Vtk Sample file

VTP = Visualization Toolkit Polygonal Data (http://www.vtk.org)

VtPC = (MAC FILE_TYPE) Virtual PC

VtPf = (MAC FILE_TYPE) Virtual PC Prefs File

VTR = Visualization Toolkit Rectilinear Grid Data (http://www.vtk.org)

VTS = Intel VTune program performance monitor project file

VTS = Mime: workbook/formulaone

VTS = Visualization Toolkit Structured Points Data (http://www.vtk.org)

VTST = virtual terrain software

VTU = Mime: model/vnd.vtu

VTU = Visualization Toolkit Unstructured Points Data (http://www.vtk.org)

VTX = VisioViewer.Viewer open with: "%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome NoOpen Content Type application/vnd.ms-visio.viewer

VTX = VisioViewer.Viewer open with: "%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome PerceivedType text PerceivedType text Content Type application/vnd.ms-visio.viewer

VUE = 3D Studio animation

VUE = Ms Schedule+ configuration

VUE = View (dBASE IV/FoxPro)

VUP = vupfile special configuration file for application(binary format)

VVD = Minolta element file

VVF = ViVerify Fingerprint

VVR = ViVerify Repair

VW = Volkswriter text file

VW3 = Text file (Volkswriter 3)

VWF = CADvance Drawing File

VWP = System Dll file

VWR = Multimedia viewer, Metatec Corp.

VWR = PC Tools file viewer file

VX_ = Compressed Tvideo card file

VXD = Ms Windows virtual device driver, 32 bit

VXO = SYSTEM driver file

VXX = Iosubsys driver file

VZN = WinVzn Image file

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