.DCF File Extension
DRM Content Format File
| Developer | Sony Ericsson |
| Popularity |
4.1 | 19 Votes |
What is a DCF file?
A DCF file is a media file that has been copy-protected by Sony Ericsson DRM Packager or another Symbian OS DRM app. It contains media, such as a ringtone, song, or video, that can be played only on an authorized smartphone. DCF files are similar to .DM (DRM Delivery Message) files, except their rights object is stored in a separate file.
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On smartphones that use Symbian OS, such as some older Sony Ericsson and Nokia smartphones, users could purchase media from various online stores (e.g., the Ovi Store). Some of this media was saved in the DCF format.
To create DCF files, content creators used DRM applications such as Sony Ericsson DRM Packager. Content creators could then upload their copy-protected media files to the appropriate online store, for purchase by users.
How to open a DCF file
The media a DCF file contains can be played only on an authorized smartphone. As such, you cannot open a DCF file, or play the media it contains, on a non-authorized device.
Programs that open or reference DCF files
Disk Copy Fast Disk Image File
| Developer | Disk Copy Fast |
| Popularity |
4.0 | 8 Votes |
Disk image created with Disk Copy Fast, a disk copying program for DOS created by Chang Ping Lee in the 1990s; used for duplicating floppy disks; supports DMF, XDF, FDFORMAT, 800KB, and Mac formats.
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Disk Copy Plus, the commercial version of Disk Copy Fast, also reads DCF files.
Programs that open DCF files
Document Computation Format
| Developer | ACCA Software |
| Popularity |
3.3 | 16 Votes |
Standard data sharing format used by PriMus-DCF, a program for creating and publishing price lists, estimates, and bills of quantities; contains all the necessary data in a single compressed file.
Programs that open DCF files
Safetica Free Encrypted Archive
| Developer | Safetica Technologies |
| Popularity |
3.5 | 6 Votes |
File encrypted by Safetica Free, a program used for securely encrypting important data; may incorporate encryption algorithms such as Blowfish, Twofish, CAST5, CAST6, MARS, RC5, RC6, Rijndael (AES), and Serpent; may be password protected.
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NOTE: Safetica Free was formerly called DisCryptor.
Programs that open DCF files
Dyalog Component File
| Developer | Dyalog |
| Popularity |
2.0 | 1 Vote |
A DCF file may also be a component file used by Dyalog, an APL-based development environment and programming language. It contains an APL array. DCF files are used in Dyalog applications and referenced by Dyalog File Server.
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APL (which stands for A Programming Language) is a programming language that developer Kenneth Iverson developed in the 1960s. It is a symbol-based language that allows developers to concisely implement functions that create and manipulate multidimensional arrays.
While APL itself was last updated in February 2001, some developers, especially those working in the financial, insurance, and data science industries, still develop APL-based applications. Dyalog is an implementation of APL that allows developers to create, edit, and manage corporate APL-based applications.
Dyalog applications and the Dyalog File Server frequently reference Dyalog component files, or DCF files. These files are plain text files that contain a Dyalog array. Dyalog applications and Dyalog File Server use DCF files to load array data when a user performs a function that relies on that array.
How to open a DCF file
You can open a DCF file in Dyalog (cross-platform). If you do not have access to Dyalog, you can open a DCF file in any text editor to view the array it contains.