BibTeX

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BibTeX is reference management software, used for formatting lists of references, enabling the consistent citing of sources in a range of styles. It was created in 1985, and is written in WEB/ Pascal. Bib files are lists of entries, each one corresponding to a bibliographical item, for a example book or article.

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Extensions	`.bib.bibtex`
MIME types	`application/x-bibtextext/x-bibtex`
PRONOM	`fmt/1616`
Wikidata	`Q105859274`

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Po4aOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
PygmentsOpen sourcereads · 2-clause BSD License
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RefDBOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
TellicoOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
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