xBase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Any programming language that derives from, or is a clone of, the dBASE system.

Word forms

xBase

Etymology

Chosen to avoid lawsuits over the unauthorized use of the proprietary name dBASE. See x (“an unknown variable or placeholder”).

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