# Compound File Binary File Format

> file format used for storing storage objects and stream objects in a hierarchical structure within a single file

**Wikidata**: [Q5156830](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5156830)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_File_Binary_Format)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/compound-file-binary-file-format


## References

1. [Source](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd942138.aspx)
2. [Source](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/shared-mime-info/-/blob/2.3/data/freedesktop.org.xml.in?ref_type=tags#L3519)
3. Gary Kessler's File Signature Table