PDF refers to a type of document (PDF Document) format, which is widely used on the internet. You need software (freely available) called Adobe Reader, in order to view PDF documents.

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PDF (Portable Document Format) continued...

PDF (Portable Document Format) is a universal file format developed by Adobe^® that preserves all the fonts, formatting, graphics, and colour of any source document, regardless of the application and platform used to create it.

You will find PDF a very common format which is widely used on the internet due to its platform independence.

To view PDF files you need Adobe Acrobat Reader which you can download free from here.

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