353 Microsoft Access Database File 2002 Microsoft Access Database (XP) Database Microsoft Access Database File, formerly known as Jet MDB Database format, is proprietary file format developed and used by Microsoft as a native format for its Microsoft Access (formerly Microsoft Jet Database Engine) desktop database management system. First released in 1992, starting with version 1.0 the earlier versions of the database used the Jet Database Engine, with version Microsoft Access 2002 utilizing the Jet 4.0 database engine. The page size of the Jet 4.0 database engine is 4096 bytes. The .mde extension refers to protected Access database file with compiled VBA and macros. This entry records the version 2002 of MDB file format, for a full list of versions please follow the links provided in the Notes section. Text 1 Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives 02 Aug 2005 02 May 2023 fdd000462 Library of Congress Format Description Identifier Q48021763 Wikidata QID Identifier x-fmt/241 PUID mdb File extension mde File extension 274 MS Access 2002/3 Jet 4 DB header plus variably-positioned AccessVersion 09. Two byte sequences. First byte sequence character sequence, Standard Jet DB. Second byte sequence character sequence, A c c e s s V e r s I o n{0-2048} 0 9 . [0:9] [0:9] 1 Absolute from BOF 0 Little-endian 000100005374616E64617264204A65742044420001000000 1 Variable Little-endian 410063006300650073007300560065007200730069006F006E{0-2048}300039002E00[30:39]00[30:39] Is previous version of 1015 Microsoft Access Database File Is subsequent version of 352 Microsoft Access Database File