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    .DAT is a file extension used in Windows to store application data like images, 3D graphics, and binary information. Index.dat is created by Internet Explorer and stores URLs, queries, and text entered in the browser in an unreadable database format. Game files also commonly use the .DAT extension to store world details. The .DAT extension can be used across operating systems to store various types of data.

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    .DAT is a file extension used in Windows to store application data like images, 3D graphics, and binary information. Index.dat is created by Internet Explorer and stores URLs, queries, and text entered in the browser in an unreadable database format. Game files also commonly use the .DAT extension to store world details. The .DAT extension can be used across operating systems to store various types of data.

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    Dat Ext

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    Alvaro A. Garces Molina
    .DAT is a file extension used in Windows to store application data like images, 3D graphics, and binary information. Index.dat is created by Internet Explorer and stores URLs, queries, and text entered in the browser in an unreadable database format. Game files also commonly use the .DAT extension to store world details. The .DAT extension can be used across operating systems to store various types of data.

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    File Extension DAT

    .DAT is a file extension used in the Microsoft Windows Operating System to store application "data". This file extension could be used by any application to store images, 3d graphics, binary data and any other kind of information.

    Index.dat is a popular file which uses file extension dat. This file is created by Microsoft Internet Explorer during its first start. This file stores information about urls, queries and other textual information which were typed in Internet Explorer. For example if you enable AutoComplete feature in Internet Explorer this file will contain all urls that you've typed. Note that to speed up things Internet Explorer stores information in index.dat file in a form of database which is unreadable in text viewers. Thus no applications other than Internet Explorer are able to read this file.

    Also file extension dat is very popular in games to store details of game worlds.

    Note that file extension dat could be used on operating systems other than Microsoft Windows thus you should be careful when working with it.

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