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+<head>
+<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label dvi</title>
+</head><body>
+<h3>What is a DVI file?</h3>
+<p/>A DVI file (that is, a file with the type or extension
+<code>.dvi</code>) is TeX&rsquo;s main output file, using TeX in its
+broadest sense to include LaTeX, etc. &lsquo;DVI&rsquo; is supposed to
+be an acronym for DeVice-Independent, meaning
+that the file can be printed on most
+kinds of typographic output device. The DVI file is designed to be
+read by a driver (<a href="FAQ-driver.html">DVI drivers</a>) to produce
+further output designed specifically for a particular printer (e.g., a
+LaserJet) or to be used as input to a previewer for display on a
+computer screen. DVI files use TeX&rsquo;s internal coding; a TeX
+input file should produce the same DVI file regardless of which
+implementation of TeX is used to produce it.
+<p/>A DVI file contains all the information that is needed for printing
+or previewing except for the actual bitmaps or outlines of fonts, and
+possibly material to be introduced by means of
+<a href="FAQ-specials.html"><code>\</code><code>special</code> commands</a>.
+<p/>The canonical reference for the structure of a DVI file is the
+source of Knuth&rsquo;s program <i>dvitype</i> (whose original purpose,
+as its name implies, was to view the content of a DVI file).
+<dl>
+<dt><tt><i>dvitype</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/knuth/dist/texware/dvitype.web">systems/knuth/dist/texware/dvitype.web</a>
+</dl>
+<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=dvi">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=dvi</a>
+</body>