| Text file | ASCII |
| Spreadsheet | Binary |
| Database | Binary possibly ASCII |
| Word processed files | Binary or ASCII |
| Program Source Code | ASCII |
| Electronic mail message | ASCII |
| Pkziped files | Binary |
| Backup file | Binary |
| Compressed files | Binary |
| Binhexed | ASCII |
| Executable files | Binary |
| PostScript files | ASCII |
| HTML documents | ASCII |
| Image files | Binary |
| Audio files | Binary |