{
 "id": "quarter-inch-cartridge-host-interchange-format",
 "name": "Quarter Inch Cartridge Host Interchange Format",
 "category": "archive",
 "identifiers": {
  "puid": [
   "fmt/508"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q1362537"
  ],
  "extensions": [
   "qic"
  ],
  "magic": [
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "5654424c",
    "notes": "QIC"
   }
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "QIC",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "5654424c{54}(4153|7100){66}0000"
     }
    ]
   }
  ]
 },
 "status": "unknown",
 "summary": "Quarter Inch Cartridge tape is a magnetic tape data storage format. The '.qic' software format is based on the QIC113 specification: http://www.qic.org/html/standards/11x.x/qic113g.pdf and conforming files were generated by Microsoft 9x operating systems with the native MSBackup.exe utility.",
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/508",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/508",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q1362537",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362537",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-20",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "tools": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}