BFF file format description
Many people share .bff files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .bff file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .bff files.
3 filename extension(s) found in our database.
.bff - AIX Backup File Format
The BFF file is a Backup File Format. BFF stands for "Backup File Format", which just means that the file was created using the AIX "backup" tool and can be read using AIX tool "restore". Under AIX, the standard product packaging system uses the BFF format. However additional information about the individual files delivered in the product are included inside the BFF package. It stores copies of files in an analogous manner to the Unix tar format.
- Application:
- -
- Category:
- Archive files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- AIX Backup File Format related extensions:
.bff - WorldToolKit Binary NFF Data
The BFF document files are related to Sense8 WorldToolKit. The BFF file is a WorldToolKit Binary NFF Data. WorldToolKit is a C/C++ API for developing Virtual Reality applications manufactured by Sense8 Division of Engineering Animations Inc The Sense8 WorldToolKit seems to be no longer supported.
- Application:
- Sense8 WorldToolKit
- Category:
- Document files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- WorldToolKit Binary NFF Data related extensions:
.bff - Need for Speed: Shift Game Archive
The BFF game data files are related to Need for Speed: Shift. The BFF file is a Need for Speed: Shift Game Archive. Need for Speed: Shift is the thirteenth installment and second reboot of the racing video game franchise Need for Speed.
- Application:
- Need for Speed: Shift
- Category:
- Game Data files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- Need for Speed: Shift Game Archive related extensions:
Naturally, other applications may also use the .bff file extension. Even harmful programs can create .bff files. Be especially cautious with .bff files coming from an unknown source!
Can't open a .bff file?
When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:
Windows can't open this file:
example.bff
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 one from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.
To avoid this error, you need to set the file association correctly.
- Open Control Panel > Control Panel Home > Default Programs > Set Associations.
- Select a file type in the list and click Change Program.
The .bff file extension is often given incorrectly!
According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:
bbf, bcf, bdf, bef, bf, bfb, bfc, bfd, bfe, bfg, bfr, bft, bgf, brf, btf
Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?
Similar file extensions in our database:
- .bdf
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- .bfd
- Binary File Descriptor Data
- .bf
- libigl Skeletal Data
- .bcf
- Belltech Business Card Designer Pro Document
- .gff
- Bioware Generic File Format
- .bdf
- SmartWare Backup Definition Data
Operating systems
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