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database

file format family

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Extensions	`.mdb.mde.accdb.accde`
MIME types	`application/vnd.ms-accessapplication/x-msaccess`
Signatures	`000100005374616e64617264204a6574204442` at byte 0
PRONOM	`x-fmt/66x-fmt/238x-fmt/239x-fmt/240x-fmt/241x-fmt/275`
Wikidata	`Q1931564`
Library of Congress	`fdd000462fdd000463`

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PhotoRecOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
Microsoft Access 2000reads and writes
Q80689reads and writes · proprietary license
GMDB2reads
Microsoft Access 2007reads
Microsoft Office Excel 2007reads
Recovery Toolboxreads
SPSSreads · proprietary license

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Versions and variants (11)

Microsoft Access Database File 1.0Unknown
Microsoft Access Encrypted Database File 1.0Unknown
Microsoft Access Database File 1.1Unknown
Microsoft Access Encrypted Database File 1.1Unknown
Microsoft Access Database File 2.0Unknown
Microsoft Access Encrypted Database File 2.0Unknown
Microsoft Word for MS-DOS Document 5.0 - 5.4Unknown
Microsoft Access Database File 95Readable
Microsoft Access Database File 97Unknown
Microsoft Access Database File 2000Readable
Microsoft Access Database File 2002Readable

Sources

From Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.

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