| .asc | Any text editor can be used to view .asc files. Please refer to the resource materials for any specific instructions or recommendations. |
| .avi | Media player software, such as QuickTime®Player, RealOne™ Player, or Windows Media®Player is required to run the .avi files. |
| .bat | Any text editor can be used to view the .bat files. These files are also executable. |
| .c | Any number of development tools can be used to compile and run the .c files. |
| .class | Java®Virtual Machine software (automatically installed in most major web browsers) is required to run the .class files found on a resource site. |
| .cnf | Any text editor can be used to view the .cnf files found on a resource site. Please refer to the resource materials for any specific instructions or recommendations. |
| .csv | Any number of software tools can be used to import the .csv files found on a resource site. Please refer to the resource materials for any specific instructions or recommendations. |
| .ctd | MATLAB®software is required to make use of the .ctd files found on a resource site. NOTE: This is not a unique MATLAB extension. Please verify it is for use in MATLAB before using these statements. |
| .dat | Any number of software tools can be used to import the .dat files found on a resource site. Please refer to the resource materials for any specific instructions or recommendations. |
| .dcr | Shockwave®Player software is required to run the Shockwave® media found on a resource site. |
| .dll | Any number of programs can call the .dll files found on a resource site. These files are also executable. Please refer to the resource materials for any specific instructions or recommendations. |
| .do | The STATA® statistical package is required to view and run the .do files found on a resource site. |
| .ds | DataStudio ® Software is required to run the .ds files found on a resource site. |
| .dta | The STATA® statistical package is required to view and run the .dta files found on a resource site. |
| .eps | Ghostscript/Ghostview, Adobe®Photoshop®, and Adobe®Illustrator are among the software tools that can be used to view the .eps files. |
| .exe | The .exe files found on a resource site are executable programs. Please refer to the resource materials for any specific instructions or recommendations. |
| .fa, .fas, .fasta | Any number of biological sequence comparison software tools can be used to import the FASTA formatted sequence (.fa) files found on a resource site. |
| FEFLOW | FEFLOW software is required to complete work on a resource site. |
| .fortran | Any number of development tools can be used to compile and run the .fortran files. Please refer to the resource materials for any specific instructions or recommendations. |
| .fna | Any number of biological sequence comparison software tools can be used to import the FASTA formatted sequence (.fna) files found on a resource site. |
| .gph | The STATA® statistical package is required to view and run the .gph files found on a resource site. |
| .gz | File decompression software, such as Winzip® or StuffIt®, is required to open the .gz files found on a resource site. |
| .hs | Haskell compiler software is required to run the .hs files found on a resource site. |
| .iv | The ivview program from SGI Open Inventor toolkit is required to view the .iv files found on a resource site. |
| .jar | Java®plug-in software is required to run the Java® files found on a resource site. |
| .java | Any number of development tools can be used to compile and run the .java files found on a resource site. Please refer to the resource materials for any specific instructions or recommendations. |
| .jnlp | Java®Web Start software is required to run the Java® files found on a resource site. |
| .lad | MATLAB®software is required to make use of the .lad files found on a resource site. NOTE: This is not a unique MATLAB extension. Please verify it is for use in MATLAB before using these statements. |
| .loc | MATLAB®software is required to make use of the .loc files found on a resource site. NOTE: This is not a unique MATLAB extension. Please verify it is for use in MATLAB before using these statements. |
| .m | MATLAB®software is required to run the .m files found on a DEMRI Portal resource site. Additional toolbox plug-ins may also be required as noted. Any text editor can be used to view the contents of the .m files found on a resource site. |
| .mat | MATLAB®software is required to view and run the .mat files found on a resource site. |
| .mcd | Mathcad®software is required to view and run the .mcd files found on a resource site. |
| .mdb | Microsoft®Access software is recommended for viewing the .mdb files found on a resource site. Free Microsoft®Access viewer software can also be used to view the .mdb files. |
| .mdl | MATLAB®software is required to run the .mdl files found on a resource site. |
| .mf | These are metafont text or source files. To use these files, you need a typesetting program that can read the font such as TeX or Metafont. Please refer to the resource materials for any specific instructions or recommendations. |
| .mod | Any number of programs can be used to run the .mod files found on a resource site. Please refer to the resource materials for any specific instructions or recommendations. |
| .mov | QuickTime®Player software is required to view the .mov files found on a resource site. |
| .movie | QuickTime®Player software is required to view the .movie files found on a resource site. |
| .mp3 | Media player software, such as QuickTime®Player, RealOne™ Player, or Windows Media®Player is required to run the .mp3 files found on a resource site. |
| .mp4 | The latest version of QuickTime®Player can be used to run the .mp4 files found on a resource site. |
| .mpeg | Media player software, such as QuickTime®Player, RealOne™ Player, or Windows Media®Player is required to run the .mpeg files found on a resource site. |
| .nb | Mathematica®software is required to run the .nb files found on a resource site. |
| .p3 | Primavera Project Planner® software is required to run the .p3 files on a resource site. |
| .pdb | RasMol software is required to run the .pdb files found on a resource site. |
| .pddl | Any text editor can be used to view the .pddl files found on a resource site. Please refer to the resource materials for any specific instructions or recommendations. |
| .pl | A Perl interpreter is required to run the .pl files found on a resource site. |
| .ppt | Microsoft®Powerpoint® software is recommended for viewing the .ppt files found on a resource site. Free Microsoft®Powerpoint® viewer software can also be used to view the .ppt files. |
| .ps | Postscript viewer software, such as Ghostscript/Ghostview, can be used to view the .ps files found on a resource site. |
| .py | Use the Python interpreter to run the .py files found on a resource site. |
| .r | Use R, an open source language and development environment far statistical computing, graphics, and exploratory data analysis, to run the .r files found on a resource site. |
| .ram | RealOne™Player software is required to run the .ram files found on a resource site. |
| .rm | RealOne™ Player software is required to run the .rm files found on a resource site. |
| .scm | Scheme software is required to run the .scm files found on a resource site. |
| .sit | Stuffit® is required to open the .sit files found on a DEMRI Portal resource site. |
| .sldasm | SolidWorks®software is required to run and view the .sldasm files found on a resource site. |
| .sldprt | SolidWorks®software is required to run and view the .sldprt files found on a DEMRI Portal resource site. |
| .slogo | StarLogo software is required to run the .slogo files found on a resource site. |
| .so | These are Unix shared library files. Any number of programs can call the .so files found on a resource site. These files are also executable. Please refer to the resource materials for any specific instructions or recommendations. |
| .spt | RasMol software is required to run the .spt files found on a resource site. |
| .swf | Flash™Player software is required to run the Flash™ media found on a resource site. |
| .tar | File decompression software, such as Winzip® or StuffIt®, is required to open the .tar files found on a resource site. |
| .tex | Software to view the .tex files on a resource site can be accessed via the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) and the TeX Users Group Web site. |
| .tif | Any number of image viewers can be used to view the .tif files found on a resource site. |
| .vsd | Microsoft®Visio®software is recommended for viewing the .vsd files found on a resource site. Free Microsoft®Visio®viewer software can also be used to view the .vsd files. |
| .vss | Microsoft®Visio®software is recommended for viewing the .vss stencil files found on a resource site. Free Microsoft®Visio®viewer software can also be used to view the .vss files. |
| .vst | Microsoft®Visio®software is recommended for viewing the .vst template files found on a resource site. Free Microsoft®Visio®viewer software can also be used to view the .vst files. |
| .wav | Media player software, such as QuickTime®Player, RealOne™ Player, or Windows Media®Player is required to run the .wav files found on a resource site. |
| .wcsp | Any text editor can be used to view the .wcsp files found on a resource site.
Please refer to the resource materials for any specific instructions or recommendations. |
| .x | Any number of development tools can be used to run the .x files found on a resource site. Please refer to the resource materials for any specific instructions or recommendations. |
| .xls | Microsoft®Excel software is recommended for viewing the .xls files found on a resource site. Free Microsoft®Excel viewer software can also be used to view the .xls files. |
| .xml | Any text editor can be used to view the .xml files found on a resource site. |
| .xsl | Any text editor can be used to view the .xsl files found on a resource site. |
| .zip | File decompression software, such as Winzip® or StuffIt®, is required to open the .zip files found on a resource site. |
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