RE: what's *.dat?

[dthomps -at- foundationsoft -dot- com]

According to a quick search on whatis.com, the .DAT extension could
represent any of the following:

* Data file 
* A data file extension used to designate an error message in a inbound
internet email message (Microsoft Exchange Server v 5.0)  
* WordPerfect Merge Data 
* Extension used for some MPEG files 

To search for about any file extension in the universe, go to
http://whatis.techtarget.com/fileFormatA/0,289933,sid9,00.html


Hope that helps!

Dannette Thompson
Technical Writer
Foundation Software, Inc.
The #1 Accounting Software for Labor-Intensive Contractors
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At 08:30 PM 10/17/01 +0200, Jennifer O Neill wrote:
>I've received a file with the format *.dat. I've no idea what it could be.
I
>can't open it. Any ideas? Thanks.

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