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Flexible Image Transport System

Summary

Flexible Image Transport System is a file format[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Flexible Image Transport System's instance of is recorded as file format[3].
  • Flexible Image Transport System's software version identifier is recorded as 4.0[4].
  • Flexible Image Transport System's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0[5].
  • Flexible Image Transport System's software version identifier is recorded as 2.1b[6].
  • Flexible Image Transport System's software version identifier is recorded as NOST 100-2.0[7].
  • Flexible Image Transport System's software version identifier is recorded as NOST 100-1.2[8].
  • Flexible Image Transport System's software version identifier is recorded as NOST 100-1.1[9].
  • Flexible Image Transport System's software version identifier is recorded as NOST 100-1.0[10].
  • Flexible Image Transport System was published on January 1, 1981[11].
  • Flexible Image Transport System's official website is recorded as https://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/[12].
  • Flexible Image Transport System's described at URL is recorded as https://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_standard.html[13].
  • Flexible Image Transport System's media type is recorded as application/fits[14].
  • Flexible Image Transport System's media type is recorded as image/fits[15].
  • Flexible Image Transport System's file extension is recorded as fits[16].
  • Flexible Image Transport System's file extension is recorded as fit[17].
  • Flexible Image Transport System's file extension is recorded as fts[18].
  • Flexible Image Transport System's described by source is recorded as RFC 4047: MIME Sub-type Registrations for Flexible Image Transport System (FITS)[19].
  • Flexible Image Transport System's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/fits[20].
  • Flexible Image Transport System's different from is recorded as FIT file[21].
  • Flexible Image Transport System's file format identification pattern is recorded as 53494D504C4520203D202020202020202020202020202020202020202054[22].

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Designation and Status

Flexible Image Transport System's instance of is recorded as file format[3].

Why It Matters

Flexible Image Transport System has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . RFC 4047: MIME Sub-type Registrations for Flexible Image Transport System (FITS). iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . RFC 4047: MIME Sub-type Registrations for Flexible Image Transport System (FITS). iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Gary Kessler's File Signature Table. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3NGhFs
    Instance of → file format
    Website → —
    Described by source → RFC 4047: MIME Sub-type Registrations for Flexible Image Transport System (FITS)
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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