TEC files contain code describing Unicode mapping. They are created by TECkit to convert text encodings. TECkit stands for Text Encoding Conversion toolkit. TEC files work with LaTeX to convert characters when generating documents.
We have free online TEC tools. They allow viewing, editing, converting, merging, and comparing TEC files without installing anything.
TEC Viewers display TEC contents. Some Viewers are: TEC File Viewer by MyPCFile, supporting programs for TEC, external solutions.
TECkit software also uses .tec extension. It converts text from one format to another. These mapping files are compiled from MAP files. Programs supporting TEC files work on various operating systems.
While a popular type of TEC file is for TECO Macro, there are 3 known uses. Files use same extension for different data types. Known uses are Ledit layout data, TECO Macro, TECkit compiled mapping.
Tecplot can work with tec files if renamed to .dat. Preplot.exe converts them to standard PLT format. Tecplot tec files have binary data for graphs.
The OS uses the TEC extension to recognize file contents. TEC files associate with software in different ways. They handle text conversion mapping.