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dataset

.dat files are used by many different applications as a general data store. Some may have a precise structure, but this entry is intended as a catch-all for extension-only identification for those .dat formats that do not yet have a PRONOM identification signature. For ESRI ArcInfo DAT File (Internal), see fmt/1600.

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Extensions	`.dat`
PRONOM	`fmt/1730`

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PRONOM fmt/1730

From PRONOM. Updated 2022-07-18.

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