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ANI (file format)

The ANI file format is a graphics file format used for animated mouse cursors on the Microsoft Windows operating system.

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Security

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File structure

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Animated cursor resources

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Container for
CUR frames
Developed by
Microsoft
Internet media type
application/x-navi-animation
Magic number
ACON (4 bytes, ASCII)
Type of format
animated raster image format for mouse cursors

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Animated cursor resources

Security

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ANI (file format)

Nodes36
Edges35
Triples6
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
Components1

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ANI (file format)

Top relations

Container for · 1
ANI (file format) → CUR frames
Developed by · 1
ANI (file format) → Microsoft
Filename extension · 1
ANI (file format) → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .ani
Internet media type · 1
ANI (file format) → application/x-navi-animation
Magic number · 1
ANI (file format) → ACON (4 bytes, ASCII)
Type of format · 1
ANI (file format) → animated raster image format for mouse cursors

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Important terminology

windows file animated cursor ani frames frame cursors format chunk citation resource animation riff microsoft needed specification icon anih seq

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ANI (file format)Container forCUR frames1.00infobox
ANI (file format)Developed byMicrosoft1.00infobox
ANI (file format)Filename extension.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .ani1.00infobox
ANI (file format)Internet media typeapplication/x-navi-animation1.00infobox
ANI (file format)Magic numberACON (4 bytes, ASCII)1.00infobox
ANI (file format)Type of formatanimated raster image format for mouse cursors1.00infobox

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