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Summary
Name	dBASE Database
Version	IV
Other names
Identifiers	MIME: application/dbase PUID: x-fmt/10
Family
Classification	Database
Disclosure
Description	dBase is a database management systems for microcomputers.The dBase system includes the core database engine, a query system, a forms engine, and a programming language that ties all of these components together. dBase's underlying file format, the .dbf file, is widely used in applications needing a simple format to store structured data.
Orientation	Text
Byte order
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	dBASE Inc.
Supported by	dBASE Inc.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	10 Oct 2003
Source description	Further information about the dBASE file format can be obtained at http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000325.shtml
Last updated	09 May 2023
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