403 dBASE Database III+ Database 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. Text Little-endian (Intel) 1 Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives 10 Oct 2003 09 May 2023 x-fmt/271 PUID dbf File extension 385 dBase Table with dbt Version III+ dbt Flag(Bit 7 of first byte), Version number(bits 0-2 of first byte), Date of last update MMDD, First upper or lowercase character of field name, field type (C, D, L, M, N). Memo fields in the dbf and a flag indicating the existence of a database text (.dbt) file were already a part of the dbase III dbf file format. 1 Absolute from BOF 0 83??[01:0C][01:1F]{28}([41:5A]|[61:7A]){10}(43|44|4C|4D|4E)