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DBase

dBase (also stylized dBASE) was one of the first database management systems for microcomputers and the most successful in its day. The dBase system included the core database engine, a query system, a forms engine, and a programming language that tied all of these components together.

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Developer
Cecil Wayne Ratliff
Final release
dBASE 2019 / 2019; 7 years ago (2019)
First appeared
1979; 47 years ago (1979)
Implementation language
C
License
Proprietary
OS
Microsoft DOS Microsoft Windows

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DBASE product range

DBase / xBase programming language

File formats

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DBase

Nodes81
Edges80
Triples118
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024691
Components1

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DBase

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related to Ashton-Tate · 27
DBase → Ashton, Ashton-Tate, BASE, CP/M, Discount Software, George Tate, Hal Lashlee, Hal Pawluk, IBM, IBM PC, II, II RunTime, In, Pawluk, PC, PTDOS, Ratliff, RunTime, Software Distributors, SuperCalc
related to dBase IV · 15
DBase → Along, Ashton-Tate, Borland, By, Example, Fox Software, FoxPro, FoxView, III, Introduced, IV, IV's, Luis Castro's ViewGen, Query, SQL
related to dBase, LLC products · 14
DBase → Also, Builds, CLASSIC, DOS, MS-DOS, Open, Open Source, PDF, PLUS, PRO, Requires Windows Vista, Successor, Windows, Windows-based
related to dBase III · 12
DBase → After, Although, As, By, III, In May, Lotus, PC, The, This, US, WordPerfect
related to dBase / xBase programming language · 10
DBase → For, GO, GO BOTTOM, GO TOP, REPLACE, SKIP, STORE, STR, SUBSTR, USE
related to Reception · 8
DBase → American Institute, Base, BYTE's Jerry Pournelle, Certified Public Accountants, He, July, Lotus, Vulcan
related to File formats · 7
DBase → As, ESRI, For, Microsoft, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Works, PC ArcInfo
related to Programming examples · 4
DBase → Internet, SQL, The, Today
related to External links · 2
DBase → File Format Description, Official
Developer · 1
DBase → Cecil Wayne Ratliff

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xbase products ashton-tate language needed citation software database one programming file clipper product data foxpro microsoft ii use could iv

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DBaseDeveloperCecil Wayne Ratliff1.00infobox
DBaseFinal releasedBASE 2019 / 2019; 7 years ago (2019)1.00infobox
DBaseFirst appeared1979; 47 years ago (1979)1.00infobox
DBaseImplementation languageC1.00infobox
DBaseLicenseProprietary1.00infobox
DBaseOSMicrosoft DOS Microsoft Windows1.00infobox
DBaseParadigmImperative, declarative1.00infobox
DBaseWebsitewww.dbase.com1.00infobox
DBaseis aapplication development language and integrated navigational database management system0.90text
user-defined functionsinstance ofAshton-Tate's competitors introduced so-called clone products and compilers that had more robust programming features0.80text
the state of memory variables or tables being manipulated in other program modulesinstance ofA tenet of modular programming is that the correct execution of a program module must not be affected by external factors0.80text
LISTinstance ofDifferent commands0.80text

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