Found 1 file type for the .BAT file extension
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Software that works with bat file extension
BAT file extension - Batch file (executable)
What is .bat file?
File type specification:
Source code and script file type
Dangerous and malicious file type
Email attachment blocked file type
bat file icon: 
The BAT file extension is traditionally used for batch files. A batch file is a text file that contains a sequence of commands for a computer operating system.
It's called a batch file because it batches (bundles or packages) into a single file a set of commands that would otherwise have to be presented to the system interactively from a keyboard one at a time. A batch file is usually created for command sequences for which a user has a repeated need. Commonly needed batch files are often delivered as part of an operating system. You initiate the sequence of commands in the batch file by simply entering the name of the batch file on a command line.
In MS-DOS. the best known batch file used was is the AUTOEXEC.BAT that initialized DOS when the system was started. In Unix-based operating systems, a batch file is called a shell script. In IBM's mainframe VM operating systems, it's called an EXEC.
MIME: application/x-msdos-program, application/x-msdownload, application/bat, application/x-bat, application/textedit, application/octet-stream
The default software associated to bat file type:
Company or developer:
Microsoft Corporation
MS-DOS (short for Microsoft Disk Operating System) is an operating system commercialized by Microsoft. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems and was the dominant operating system for computers during the 1980s
List of software associated to the .bat file extension
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- Open bat file
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- Create bat file
Software that open bat file - Batch file (executable)
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