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Details for file extension .CER are on this page. Because there is no central registry for file extensions and their associated programs there may be multiple entries on this page. And, because there are many (some say over a million) such associations not all may be listed here. A search on the file extension you submitted shows 6 record(s).

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The details for each of these are shown below. The best FILExt can do for you is provide the details we know about. Selecting the information that applies to your particular situation is up to you. Use any hints provided. If the information here is not helpful, FILExt is sorry; but as a research site FILExt cannot provide personal support. If you need further information you might try the research tips on the FILExt Help Me page.

Extension: CER
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Internet Security Certificate File
Specific Notes [What's This?]
In cryptography, a public key certificate (or identity certificate) is a certificate which uses a digital signature to bind together a public key with an identity. The certificate can be used to verify that a public key belongs to an individual. Canonical encoding rules (CER) are a restricted variant of Basic Encoding Rules for producing unequivocal transfer syntax for data structures described by ASN.1. ..... [Search for CER file errors with this scan.]
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
application/x-x509-ca-cert application/pkix-cert application/keychain_access		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
Hex: 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 42 45 47 49 4E 20 43 45 52 54 49 46 49 43 41 54 45 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D ASCII: -----BEGIN.CERTIFICATE-----
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 2172 last modified on 2007-03-24.

Extension: CER
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Cerius2		Accelrys Software Inc.
Specific Notes [What's This?]
Cerius2 provides tools for applications in life and materials science modeling and simulation. ..... [Search for CER file errors with this scan.]
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
Hex: 23 20 ASCII: #.
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 19769 last modified on 2006-06-15.

Extension: CER
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Creatacard Certificate Project		Broderbund
Specific Notes [What's This?]
(None) ..... [Search for CER file errors with this scan.]
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 13944 last modified on 2003-03-15.

Extension: CER
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Lahey Fortran Compilation Error Messages
Specific Notes [What's This?]
(None) ..... [Search for CER file errors with this scan.]
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
Note: This entry has not yet been verified by FILExt. It was submitted to the list and appeared to be accurate; however, no verification links have so far been found on the Internet. Please use this association data with that in mind.
This is record 2173 last modified on 2003-01-14.

Extension: CER
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
MSI Cerius II Chemical Format File		Accelrys Software Inc.
Specific Notes [What's This?]
(None) ..... [Search for CER file errors with this scan.]
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
chemical/x-cerius		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 19948 last modified on 2006-08-09.

Extension: CER
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Sierra Print Artist Certificate
Specific Notes [What's This?]
(None) ..... [Search for CER file errors with this scan.]
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 2174 last modified on 2003-01-14.

System Info for File Extension .CER

FILExt has been given permission to display the file extension database produced by the Associate This! program. Some of that data has already been included into the main FILExt database; but, not all. Those entries which have not yet been incorporated are shown below in the hope that they will be of some use. Data collected by FILExt on registered file extensions from user systems is also in the display. Be aware this is raw data which may require further research on your part to fully understand. In particular, look at the Program ID. Often a company will put the program's name into the short ID that Windows uses to open registered file extensions. If that's not the case, look at the complete path to the EXE file. Often, programs will install themselves into directories that give either the program or company name. The program name itself may also be used as the EXE file name. These listings are particularly important since they represent listings that are in actual use by users who have sumbitted data to FILExt and therefore these listings can point you to the most likely candidate should there be multiple entries in the FILExt main database.

General Info

• If the extension you are looking for is of the form .??_ the file is likely a compressed file and part of an install routine. When the install program runs it will expand the file and replace the underscore with the proper letter for the file type.
• If the file is sent as an audio file with any three-character extension it may be a dictation file where the extension is the dictator's initials; playable by BCB Voice Systems software (see ??? extension). The file could likewise be a dictation file in TrueSpeech format. Use Windows Sound Recorder and/or Media Player to play these back.
• If the extension you are looking for has a number at the end or is only a number and there were no results consider entering the same extension format using zero or one as some programs produce numbered split files but when the split can be extensive (e.g., .000-.999) only the first entry is in the database.

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