There are 14 other file types using
the DAT file extension!
.dat - Program data [common]
.dat - Video CD MPEG movie MPEG1 [common]
.dat - Game data [common]
.dat - Sony Digital Audio Tape
.dat - Microsoft Internet Explorer cache
.dat - Unreal Tournament game data
.dat - Nero BackItUp drive image
.dat - Shareaza thumbnail
.dat - Thumbnail cache
.dat - SWAT database
.dat - Tecplot ASCII data
.dat - Barudan Embroidery format
.dat - Bitcoin wallet
.dat - Prince of Persia game data
DAT file extension - SPOT image format
What is dat file? How to open dat files?
The dat file extension is also used for SPOT image format.
SPOT is a system for implementing an unobtrusive, always-on-top interface-to-interfaces comprises a spot interface that is sufficiently small that it may lie unobtrusively over any open window such that it is always on top thereby enabling a user conveniently to access any available window without first having to return to a main window or close other open windows.
This dat file type entry was marked as obsolete and no longer supported file format.
This type of file is no longer actively used and is most likely obsolete. This is typically the case for system files in old operating systems, file types from long discontinued software, or previous versions of certain file types (like documents, projects etc.) that were replaced in higher versions of their original programs.
Updated: January 3, 2025
The default software associated to open dat file:
SPOT images 
(obsolete software)
Company or developer:
Spot Image
SPOT images is software developed by Spot Image. It is used for studying, monitoring, forecasting and managing natural resources and human activities on our planet.
List of software applications associated to the .dat file extension
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and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open dat file, edit dat file, convert dat file, view dat file, play dat file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
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dat file viewer - programs that view dat file - SPOT image format
Programs supporting the exension dat on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for view dat file action.
Microsoft Windows:
SPOT images (obsolete/discontinued)
