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 "name": "dBASE Report Form Definition File",
 "category": "database",
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   "frm"
  ],
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  ],
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  ],
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    "hex": "64424153452049562047656e657269632044657369676e2046696c652056657273696f6e20312e30",
    "notes": "dBASE Report Form Definition File IV"
   },
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    "offset": 0,
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    "name": "dBASE Report Form Definition File IV",
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 "status": "unknown",
 "summary": "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. Being a complex digital object, the dBASE IV program needs all three FRM/FRG/FRO files in order to display a report within the programme.",
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   "writes": false
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   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q105855496",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105855496",
   "kind": "wiki"
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   "wikidata"
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 "updated": "2026-10-20",
 "version": "IV",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}