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 "id": "matlab-script-file",
 "name": "MATLAB script file",
 "category": "scientific",
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   "m"
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   "text/matlab"
  ],
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 "summary": "MATLAB (an abbreviation of MATrix LABoratory) software and language enables the user to undertake numerical computation and visualization, programme and analyze data, develop algorithms, and create models. Files with extension m are the source code that executes MATLAB commands. A single MATLAB simulation can contain multiple .m files, each one performing a different function.",
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   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "NCSS",
   "url": "http://www.ncss.com/software/ncss",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Pygments",
   "url": "https://pygments.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "2-clause BSD License",
   "open_source": true
  }
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   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
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   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
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   "name": "Wikidata Q15938816",
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   "kind": "wiki"
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   "ffw",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}