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Spanish term or phrase:
contenedor de ficheros
English translation:
data library file
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R. Alex Jenkins
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contenedor de ficheros
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"El WINMAIL.DAT es un contenedor de ficheros, como un ZIP, pero con formato Microsoft. Y normalmente se crea porque la codificación con la que el emisor envía el e mail es diferente a la que tiene el destinatario que intenta leer."
I'm not sure if there is an equivalent technical term for this in English. Your help is greatly appreciated!
I'm not sure if there is an equivalent technical term for this in English. Your help is greatly appreciated!
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| 4 +1 | data (library) file |
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| 4 | file folder |
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data (library) file
.DLL files (the common Windows extension) are called Dynamic Link Libraries, whereas .DAT files are simply 'data files' containing data, nothing else, which can also be called Data Library Files :)
Here's an example of .DAT naming:
Note: The specifications of the SAS Data Library ('a' above) and the SAS Transport Data Library file (export .dat above) should be changed to match the ...
www.sas.cc.vt.edu/xportsas.html
dat, Data files in ASCII format. sav, Data files in SPSS for Windows format. ... use with the SAS data file. See FAQs for How to use the SAS format library. ...
www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/YRBS/data/index.htm
Creating the data file name from the Data Library tape identifier allowed easier ... For example, t1105.rpt corresponds to data file t1105.dat. ...
pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/of97-512/htmldocs/faq/faq2.htm
Here's an example of .DAT naming:
Note: The specifications of the SAS Data Library ('a' above) and the SAS Transport Data Library file (export .dat above) should be changed to match the ...
www.sas.cc.vt.edu/xportsas.html
dat, Data files in ASCII format. sav, Data files in SPSS for Windows format. ... use with the SAS data file. See FAQs for How to use the SAS format library. ...
www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/YRBS/data/index.htm
Creating the data file name from the Data Library tape identifier allowed easier ... For example, t1105.rpt corresponds to data file t1105.dat. ...
pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/of97-512/htmldocs/faq/faq2.htm
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