Some of the image formats popularly used on the Web:
- GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) 8 bits per pixel
- JPEG (Joint Photographics Experts Group) 24 bits per pixel
- PDF (Portable Document Format) needs a viewer
- TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) developed for scanners and desktop publishing
Some of the video formats popularly used on the Web:
- AVI format for windows
- MOV or QT quicktime viewer needed
- MPEG or MPG (Moving Picture Expert Group)
Some of the audio formats popularly used on the Web:
- AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) developed by Apple
- AU NeXT Sun audio format
- RA or RAM (RealAudio sound format) audio on demand, streaming audio
- WAV (Waveform Audio File format) developed by Microsoft and IBM
