Freeware is software offered free of charge, downloadable off of the Internet. If the software requires the user to view ads while using the program, it is technically not freeware but adware. Freeware is also different from shareware in that shareware requires a payment if the software is to be used past a [...]
There are many programs that run on your computer to make it work perfectly as a whole. All these programs need lots of information to run and carry out the essential processes that make using your computer a breeze. But what we don’t know is the huge amount of data and information that is required [...]
If you ever opened Windows Task Manager (you can open it by pressing Ctrl-Shift-Esc on any Windows machine) you may have noticed that it is overpopulated by svchost.exe processes. There could be at least 10 and sometimes up to 20 or 30 instances of this process running on your Windows machine.
So what is svchost.exe? Svchost [...]
A TORRENT file basically allows you to download large files within a matter of a few seconds. This can be done because what a TORRENT file does is that it distributes the data over a large number of servers so that it does not put too much of a burden on one single server. This [...]
A FLV file is basically a video file that is created using Flash Video Player. These files can be found all over the internet in the major video streaming sites like YouTube, Google and various other similar websites. These files are used so extensively on the internet because of primarily two reasons. Firstly, they are [...]
An XPI file is one that is used by the internet browser Mozilla Firefox. This is similar to a zip file and is basically an archive that is represented in a compressed way in the form of an XPI file. These files are essentially used by Mozilla to add plug-ins and add-on to its web [...]
TMP files are usually temporary files that are used to store some information temporarily while in use. After the application using the TMP file is closed usually the files are deleted from the computer. In fact, TMP files are deleted only when the purpose of the file is over. However, there are some temporary files [...]
File Extension BAK Overview
There are many files on your computer that you may not know the use of. These files may contain a variety of data and will be specific to the application that was used to initially create them. The BAK files are documents of this type. These are generic files that can be [...]
A BIN file is basically a file that is stored in the form of a binary code. This file can be used to store any kind of data. Usually a BIN file is designed specifically for a particular software application. So if you try opening it with a text editor or a word processor like [...]
A 3GP file format is used to store video and audio clips on a mobile phone that is enabled with video and audio recording facility. This makes the files which are usually pretty large compressed and small. This makes their transfer very easy and also makes uploading it to the computer a quick and easy [...]