Common Data Format

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Common Data Format (CDF) is a library and toolkit for multi-dimensional data sets.

[edit] See also

• NetCDF (not compatible)
• Hierarchical Data Format (HDF)
• FITS
• GRIB (GRIdded Binary)

[edit] External links

• National Space Science Center Common Data Format home page
• "An Introduction to Distributed Visualization"; section 4.2 contains a comparison of CDF, HDF, and netCDF.

This article was originally based on material from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, which is licensed under the GFDL.