Text Description File
π In the most frequent cases, .DSC container is used to store text data and descriptive information, related to various programs and applications. The .DSC data category may also relate to descriptive properties of a corresponding readme file. In addition, .DSC format can be associated with data parameters or other specifications of plain text resources. In scope of readme identifier, .DSC can describe the title of the corresponding suite, its basic features, developer, release date, and other sustainable markers, typical of professional business-oriented tools.
π .DSC files may contain parameters applied by WPS Office software package, the unified ultimate bundle with internal Presentation, Spreadsheets and Writer components, dedicated for various areas of proficiency and business-activities. In these circumstances, a .DSC object would store and open up the settings for the embedded Design Science Equation Editor. These .DSC configuration items include the zoom magnification, interface style and the window size. You can refer to this noted Equation Editor from any plugin of WPS Office suite in order to specify a mathematical formula, equation, or arithmetical derivation and export it to .DSC shape afterwards.
π The following type of .DSC info extension is composed of the data regarding photos captured via a Nikon digital camera (specifically, the CoolPix series). The corresponding .DSC resources are stored on the memory card in conjunction with the image objects. Normally, the .DSC files occupy only a few kilobytes of hard disk drive space as long as they do not suggest any internal image data. In addition, the .DSC file instances may be hidden and hardly opened and accessed by the user in the accustomed way. Most digital cameras save photos with filenames starting with βDSCβ entitlement, but those images are usually differentiated by the .JPG extension.
π In the exceptional clauses, .DSC format can be associated with source files, created for Debian - a free fork of Linux system. On this condition, .DSC resources would include data that particularly describes the other components of the source branch package. Hereby, .DSC object would be formatted in the form of a single, individual paragraph, that consists of a series of fields. In practice, .DSC files are generated and executed by dpkg-source utility, when the source archive is made up and relies on the other components within the source package.
π As an alternate option, .DSC extension can reference a data file applied by Celestia, - a free toolkit used for handling and building 3D simulations and visualizations of the space objects all over the universe. .DSC format may store information regarding deep space entities, like galaxies and nebulas. Defined markers within the Celestia suite also provide and maintain drawing information and location of the universe entities to the program.
How to open an .DSC file?
π .DSC file category can be opened, viewed and processed by various applications depending on the extension and type of the source, original object. Particularly, text representation of the .DSC format can be revealed and viewed by any simple text editor, disregarding of the native operating system version and edition preinstalled and configured on your desktop PC, laptop, smartphone or tablet.