Format name
NumPy Format
Version number
Extensions
npy
MIME/Media Type
application/x-npy
Description
The NumPy format is the standard binary format for saving NumPy arrays to disk. These formats preserve the exact data type (dtype), shape, and byte order of your numerical arrays, allowing you to save and load them without losing information.
Format type
Dataset
Vendor
Creator - Travis Oliphant
Maintained by - NumPy Developers
File format identification signatures
Signature Information (ASCII)
BOF; Offset: 0; Magic Bytes: .NUMPY
Position of signature
BOF
Min offset
0
Max offset
0
Signature Information (hex)
934E554D5059
Relevant links, documentation, extra information
NumPy Manual - https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.lib.format.html
Credit
Digital Research Alliance of Canada - Federated Research Data Repository / Alliance de recherche numérique du Canada - Dépôt fédéré de données de recherche
Format name
NumPy Format
Version number
Extensions
npy
MIME/Media Type
application/x-npy
Description
The NumPy format is the standard binary format for saving NumPy arrays to disk. These formats preserve the exact data type (dtype), shape, and byte order of your numerical arrays, allowing you to save and load them without losing information.
Format type
Dataset
Vendor
Creator - Travis Oliphant
Maintained by - NumPy Developers
File format identification signatures
Signature Information (ASCII)
BOF; Offset: 0; Magic Bytes: .NUMPY
Position of signature
BOF
Min offset
0
Max offset
0
Signature Information (hex)
934E554D5059
Relevant links, documentation, extra information
NumPy Manual - https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.lib.format.html
Credit
Digital Research Alliance of Canada - Federated Research Data Repository / Alliance de recherche numérique du Canada - Dépôt fédéré de données de recherche