Is this the function of a file format?

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I have trouble understanding file formats, or maybe I have figured it out. Please help me!

A file format is a specification that tells how the data of a file is arranged and thus how it is to be interpreted. Does this mean, for instance, that data arranged according to a JPEG (an image format and codec) will tell my computer that the data is to be interpreted as an image?

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Are you asking about the file format or the extension?

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