DBase - Application

DBase is an open source application created in 1979.

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dBase (also stylized dBASE) was one of the first database management systems for microcomputers, and the most successful in its day. The dBase system includes the core database engine, a query system, a forms engine, and a programming language that ties all of these components together. dBase's underlying file format, the .dbf file, is widely used in applications needing a simple format to store structured data. Read more on Wikipedia...

Tags: application
Early development of DBase happened in dBase, LLC
dbase.com was registered in 1995
See also: (11 related languages) C, Clipper, FoxPRO, xBase, SQL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Display Information System, Assembly language, Shapefile, Microsoft Excel, Emacs, Visual FoxPro

Example from hello-world:

? "Hello World"

Example from Wikipedia:

i = 2
 myMacro = "i + 10"
 i = &myMacro
 * comment: i now has the value 12