Details of extension .dat
8 extension(s) and 1 alias(es) in our database
Below, you can find answers to the following questions:
- What is the .dat file?
- Which program can create the .dat file?
- Where can you find a description of the .dat format?
- What can convert .dat files to a different format?
- Which MIME-type is associated with the .dat extension?
.dat
General Data File
DAT is a General Data file. The DAT file extensions is generally used for a "Data" file in which programs store their related data, be it text, structured data, encrypted information or anything else.
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Category: Data files
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Mime-type: application/octet-stream
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.dat
Affymetrix Image Data File
DAT file is a Affymetrix Image Data File. This data file containing raw image data (pixel intensity values).
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Category: Data files
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DataFlex Database File
DAT file is a DataFlex Database File. DataFlex is an advanced object-oriented 4GL designed for developing database applications in character mode environments.
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Treepad Database
DAT file is a Treepad Database. TreePad is a tree-based Personal Information Manager (PIM).
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Radiance Data File
DAT file is a Radiance Data File. Radiance is a suite of tools for performing lighting simulation originally written by Greg Ward. It includes a renderer as well as many other tools for measuring the simulated light levels. It uses ray tracing to perform all lighting calculations, accelerated by the use of an octree data structure.
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eM Client Database
DAT file is an eM Client Database. eM Client is a Windows based e-mail client for sending and receiving e-mails, managing calendars, contacts, and tasks.
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SVAL Frequency-time Spectrogram Data
DAT file is an SVAL Frequency-time Spectrogram Data. The SVAL program is an interactive software for frequency-time analysis of dispersed signals of any dynamic and frequency range.
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Shareaza Thumbnail Data
DAT file is a Shareaza Thumbnail Data. Shareaza is an open source P2P file-sharing client that connects to four modern networks: G2, Gnutella, eDonkey2000 and BitTorrent.
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.nda
Nero BackItUp Drive Image
NDA file is a Nero BackItUp Drive Image. Nero BackItUp is a program for backing up and restoring data.
Category: Data files
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dat
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AAC Low Overhead Audio Stream
Nero ISO9660 CD-Rom Compilation
Nero Super VideoCD Compilation
Nero Vision Compilation
Nero HD-Burn Video Compilation
Nero HFS CD Compilation
Nero UDF/ISO CD-Rom Compilation
Nero Boot CD-Rom Compilation
Nero MiniDVD Compilation
Other types of files may also use the .dat file extension. If you have helpful information about .dat extension, write to us!
Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?
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The .dat filename extension is often given incorrectly!
According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:
dwt (1),
dt (1),
dar (1),
dag (1),
da (1),
wat (1),
at (1),
sat (1),
fat (1),
dxt (1),
dta (1),
day (1),
dah (1),
daf (1),
xat (1)
Can't open a .dat file?
If you want to open a .dat file on your computer, you just need to have the appropriate program installed. If the .dat association isn't set correctly, you may receive the following error message:
Windows can't open this file:
File: example.dat
To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.
To change file associations:
- Right-click a file with the extension whose association you want to change, and then click Open With.
- In the Open With dialog box, click the program whith which you want the file to open, or click Browse to locate the program that you want.
- Select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box.
Supported operating systems
Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X, iOS, Android