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.tab

File Type 1 Generic IconTab Separated Data File
File Format Standard
Usage Open manually
Popularity ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆  Uncommon
Description

TAB files are text files that contain a list of data, separated by tabs. There is typically one record per line, with a tab (the same as typing the "Tab" key) between each field.

TAB files may be exported by various programs as a universal format. They can be imported into other programs, such as spreadsheet and database applications. Since they store data in a standard text format, they can also be viewed with a text editor.

Tab Separated Data files are more commonly saved with a .TSV extension, which stands for Tab Separated Values.

Open With
Windows

IconMicrosoft Excel

IconAny text editor

macOS

IconMicrosoft Excel

Updated June 2, 2009
File Type 2 Generic IconGuitar ASCII Tablature File
File Format Standard
Usage Open manually
Popularity ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆  Uncommon
Description

Text file containing song lyrics and guitar tabs; typically a standard text file, but has the TAB extension to indicate it contains guitar tabs.

Open With
Windows

IconArobas Music Guitar Pro

IconAny text editor

IconMicrosoft Notepad

macOS

IconArobas Music Guitar Pro

IconAny text editor

IconApple TextEdit

Unix

IconAny text editor

IconLeafpad

Icongedit

Updated 2007
Information from the PC File Extensions Reference
https://pc.net/extensions/file/tab
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