TEC File Documentation

Overview

Feature Value
Extension .tec
Full Name TECkit Compiled Mapping File
Type File
Primary Usage Character encoding conversion
Developed by SIL International
File Format Category Binary
Open with TECkit-based applications
MIME Type application/octet-stream
Specificity Used for text data encoding and conversion
Character Encoding Support Multiple Encodings Supported
Platform Support Windows, Mac, Linux
User Base Linguistics, Text Processing, Researchers
Editable No, binary compiled file
Creation Tool TECkit Compiler
Compilation Needed Yes, from TECkit mapping (.map) files
Compression No inherent compression
Conversion to Other Formats Possible with specific software
License Free and Open Source
Versioning Not versioned independently, depends on the TECkit engine version
Binary or Text-Based Binary
Error Correction Mechanism None inherent to format
Encoding Variants Handling Can encode and convert between multiple character encoding schemes