| Type | Readable? | Editable? | Common software | |------|-----------|-----------|----------------| | VobSub subtitle | Yes (text) | Yes (text editor) | VLC, Subtitle Edit | | Database index | No (binary) | No | dBase, FoxPro | | Exchange index | No | No | Exchange Server | | Backup index | No | No | Ghost, Acronis | | Game data index | Sometimes | No | Game-specific |
Uses manually created .idx files to store data in a format that their search components can index. idx file type
import struct import numpy as np