The BOX file extension is a mailbox format that stores a collection of emails, each of which can be accessed individually. Many organizations such as Foxmail and Calypso use it to sort email for clients in a more convenient manner.
Data Files
File Format
Description
DAT File
A generic format, the DATA extension is used by some specific applications to store data in text or binary form. These files can only be accessed by them, much like proprietary files. These files are not for users to access manually and only the applications which created them should fiddle with them too.
BIN File
A BIN extension is a data file that stores information in binary format. These are application-specific, and users cannot access them. Not much is known about them other than the fact that they are not in text format and not manually editable.
PST File
Developed by Microsoft, its Outlook and Exchange use the PST extension to store data. Each such file has a limit of 2 GB and can keep email folders, addresses, and other such information. The software will slow down if the data is close to filling up and Microsoft provides Exchange 2000 Tool: PST2GB utility to […]
VCF File
Most users have come across the VCF file extension while transferring their phone contacts or sending them over to someone else. It is because the format is the standard container type for storing information about a person for personal or business purposes. A typical VCF file will have a person’s name, his email address, contact […]
TAR File
Developed by Jean-loup Gailly, the Tar, a Unix-based utility program uses the TAR extension. The format is useful in packaging a group of files together to send them or for keeping them as a backup. The extension was introduced in 1979 to write data to tape drives, a type of magnetic drives back in the […]
AAE File
Developed by Apple, its Photos app uses the AAE file format to save edits made to a JPG image. These files accompany the original pictures when users transfer them between macOS and iOS. Apple first introduced the form in iOS 8 and OS X 10.10. The later versions of the software came pre-loaded with support […]