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      <FormatVersion>2</FormatVersion>
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      <FormatTypes>Aggregate</FormatTypes>
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      <FormatDescription>ACE is a compressed archive format, originally developed by Marcel Lemke and later by e-merge GmbH. Some relevant software includes Ace (for DOS, OS/2 and Windows console, WinAce, Active ACE and ACE Compression. Version 2 of ACE introduced new compression schemes that are not supported by all ACE compression software.</FormatDescription>
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      <ReleaseDate> </ReleaseDate>
      <WithdrawnDate> </WithdrawnDate>
      <ProvenanceSourceID>299</ProvenanceSourceID>
      <ProvenanceName>Brigham Young University / Brigham Young University</ProvenanceName>
      <ProvenanceSourceDate>27 Nov 2025</ProvenanceSourceDate>
      <ProvenanceDescription> </ProvenanceDescription>
      <LastUpdatedDate>27 Nov 2025</LastUpdatedDate>
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        <Identifier>fmt/2076</Identifier>
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        <SignatureNote>BOF; Offset: 7; Magic Bytes: '**ACE**' followed by byte sequence of 0x1414</SignatureNote>
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