.STA File Extension

Stores the status of increment summaries written by ABAQUS using the analysis option; ABAQUS is data analysis program used for finite element analysis (FEA); examples of uses for ABAQUS include static and dynamic stress calculation, heat transfer and thermal stress, mass diffusion, and fracture mechanics analysis.

ABAQUS is available in the following versions:

1. ABAQUS/Standard - for traditional implicit finite element analyses
2. ABAQUS/Explicit - for transient dynamics and quasi-static analyses
3. ABAQUS/CAE - for modeling and visualizing environments

File created by a MAME arcade video game emulation program; contains a "frozen" state of the emulated arcade machine at a particular time during gameplay; used for saving and loading games.

Saved state files differ from in-game saved games, which only stores the current in-game progress, not the entire state of the game running on the machine.

Data file used by Adobe Photoshop, an application used primarily for editing raster graphics; stores values used to compute a color match and adjust an image; can be used for matching colors between multiple images, layers, or selections.