Details of extension .dif

On this page, we're going to take a closer look at the .dif file extension. We'll explain what exactly a .dif fileformat is and how you can use it. If you're interested in learning more details about this type of file, we'll show you where to find them. And if you ever need to convert .dif files into different formats, we'll give you some tips on how to do that too. Let's see the 4 file formats associated with this file extension!

Contents

• MAME CHD Diff Data
• OS/2 Warp Display Information
• ProWorx NXT Data Interchange File
• Data Interchange Format

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MAME CHD Diff Data

The DIF file is a MAME CHD Diff Data. MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) is an emulator application designed to recreate the hardware of arcade game systems in software, with the intent of preserving gaming history and preventing vintage games from being lost or forgotten.

Category: Data files

Application: MAME

Program name: -

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic bytes (HEX): -

Magic string (ASCII): -

Aliases:

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Related extensions:

.hi MAME Highscore Data

.cfg MAME Configuration

.lng MAME Language Data

.sta MAME Saved State Data

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OS/2 Warp Display Information

The DIF file is an OS/2 Warp Display Information. OS/2 is a series of computer operating systems, initially created by Microsoft and IBM, then later developed by IBM exclusively.

Category: Data files

Application: IBM OS/2 Warp

Program name: -

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic bytes (HEX): -

Magic string (ASCII): -

Aliases:

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Related extensions:

.msg OS/2 Warp Help Message

.os2 OS/2 Warp System File

.bch OS/2 Warp CID Batch

.dcp OS/2 Warp Data Codepage

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ProWorx NXT Data Interchange File

The DIF file is a ProWorx NXT Data Interchange File. ProWORX NXT is produced by Schneider Electric, The simple cross platform programming solution for Modicon PLCs.

Category: Development files

Application: ProWorx NXT

Program name: -

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic bytes (HEX): -

Magic string (ASCII): -

Aliases:

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Related extensions:

.lpf ProWorx NXT Logic Data File

.tfp ProWorx NXT Full Page Data File

.cdt ProWorx NXT Temporary Long Comment Data

.dpf ProWorx NXT Descriptor Pointer

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Data Interchange Format

The DIF file is a Data Interchange Format document. A DIF file is an industry standard for exchanging data between different types of application. This file format saves only the text, values, and formulas on the active worksheet.

Category: Document files

Application: Microsoft Excel

Program name: excel.exe

Mime-type: application/x-dif

Magic bytes (HEX): -

Magic string (ASCII): -

Aliases:

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Related extensions:

.dmd Corel Quattro Pro Data Modeling Desktop Data

.lat LaTeX Data

.mswk Microsoft Works for Mac Document

.wri Microsoft Write Document

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The .dif file extension might not only belong to a single type of file, there could be various kinds that use it. Keep in mind that files with the .dif extension may contain various content types. If you have helpful information about this extension, write to us!

The .dif extension is frequently misused

People sometimes confuse the .dif filename extension. Based on the searches on our site, here are the most common misspellings from the past year.

Having trouble opening a .dif file?

If you want to open a .dif file on your computer, you just need to have the appropriate program installed. Incorrect settings for the .dif association can trigger this error.

Windows can't open this file:

File: example.dif

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.

To change file associations:

• Right-click a file with the extension whose association you want to change, and then click Open With.
• In the Open With dialog box, click the program whith which you want the file to open, or click Browse to locate the program that you want.
• Select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box.

Supported operating systems

Windows Server 2016/2019/2022, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux, Mac OS X, macOS, iOS, Android