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Summary
Name	TeX/LaTeX Device Independent Document
Version
Other names	DVI
Identifiers	MIME: application/x-dvi PUID: fmt/160
Family
Classification	Page Description
Disclosure	Full
Description	The Device Independent File Format (DVI) is the output file format of the TeX typesetting program. DVI files comprise binary data describing the visual layout of a document in a device-independent manner. A DVI file consists of a preamble, a sequence of commands defining one or more pages of text, and a postamble. Each command comprises an eight-bit opcode, followed by zero or more bytes of parameters. DVI driver software is required to render or print DVI files, or to convert them to other formats, such as PostScript or PDF.
Orientation	Binary
Byte order	Big-endian (Motorola)
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released	01 Jan 1979
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	02 Aug 2005
Source description
Last updated	16 Mar 2012
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