FB files: what are they and how do I open them?
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.fb file type #1: Slim! compressed archive
An fb file extension is related to the Slim! an experimental compression tool. An fb file stores compressed data.
Further details:
The fb file extension is associated with the Slim!, an experimental compression utility developed by Serge Voskoboynikov.
The fb file stores compressed archive created with the Slim! compression tool.
Obsolete product.
Open file with:
Slim!
An experimental compression utility
.fb file type #2: DR-DOS backup
Files with .fb file extension are mainly related to Novell DR-DOS FastBack Express backup utility. It's an old backup format.
Further details:
The fb file extension was used for backup file made by Novell DR-DOS FastBack Express utility.
DR-DOS was one of the competitors to MS-DOS and the ownership of the product changed several times during past years.
Open file with:
DR-DOS
An embedded DOS system
.fb file type #3: Gforth Forth blocks
An fb file extension is associated with the Gforth an implementation of ANS Forht Language.
Further details:
The fb file extension is also related to Gforth, a fast and portable implementation of the ANS Forth language. It works nicely with the Emacs editor, offers some nice features such as input completion and history, backtraces, a decompiler and a powerful locals facility, and it even has a manual.
Gforth combines traditional implementation techniques with newer techniques for portability and performance: its inner interpreter is direct threaded with several optimizations, but you can also use a traditional-style indirect threaded interpreter. Gforth is distributed under the GNU General Public license (see COPYING).
Gforth runs under GNU, BSD, and similar systems, MS Windows, MacOS X, OS/2, and DOS and should not be hard to port to other systems supported by GCC.
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