dBase

database management system
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dBase
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dBase

Summary

dBase is a database management system[1]. dBase ranks in the top 10% of database_management_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (555 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • dBase's instance of is recorded as database management system[3].
  • dBase was published by Ashton-Tate[4].
  • dBase's developer is recorded as Wayne Ratliff[5].
  • dBase's developer is recorded as Ashton-Tate[6].
  • dBase's programmed in is recorded as assembly language[7].
  • dBase's operating system is recorded as DOS[8].
  • dBase's operating system is recorded as CP/M[9].
  • dBase's software version identifier is recorded as dBASE PLUS 11[10].
  • dBase's software version identifier is recorded as 2.8[11].
  • dBase's software version identifier is recorded as dBase PLUS 12[12].
  • dBase's software version identifier is recorded as dBASE® 2019.1[13].
  • dBase's Commons category is recorded as DBase[14].
  • January 1, 1979 marks the founding of dBase[15].
  • dBase's official website is recorded as https://www.dbase.com/[16].
  • dBase's readable file format is recorded as dBASE Text Memo[17].
  • dBase's readable file format is recorded as dBASE Table File Format Family[18].
  • dBase's readable file format is recorded as dBASE II[19].
  • dBase's readable file format is recorded as dBase III[20].
  • dBase's readable file format is recorded as dBASE IV file format[21].
  • dBase's readable file format is recorded as dBASE compiled Form[22].
  • dBase's readable file format is recorded as dBASE compiled Format[23].
  • dBase's readable file format is recorded as dBASE compiled Object program[24].
  • dBase's readable file format is recorded as dBASE compiled Query[25].
  • dBase's readable file format is recorded as dBASE IV Screen[26].
  • dBase's readable file format is recorded as dBASE IV Form design[27].

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Authorship and Creation

dBase was published by Ashton-Tate[4].

Why It Matters

dBase ranks in the top 10% of database_management_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (555 views/month).[2] dBase has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] dBase is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

dBase has been cited as an influence by Paradox[30], a relational database management system[31], founded in 1985[32] and Harbour[33], a programming language[34], founded in 1999[35].

FAQs

Who did dBase influence?

dBase has been cited as an influence by Paradox[30] and Harbour[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . foxprohistory.org. Retrieved . foxprohistory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . articles.latimes.com. Retrieved . articles.latimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . dbase.com. Retrieved . dbase.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Readable file format dBASE Text Memo, dBASE Table File Format Family, dBASE II +15
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20580, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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