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<p>xBase is the generic term for all <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">programming languages</a> that derive from the original <a href="/facts/DBASE/9U0YCWEo">dBASE</a> (<a href="/facts/Ashton-Tate/xFaCIAFC">Ashton-Tate</a>) programming language and database formats. These are sometimes informally known as dBASE "clones". While there was a non-commercial predecessor to the Ashton-Tate product (Vulcan written by <a href="/facts/Wayne_Ratliff/fQbWUCj8">Wayne Ratliff</a>), most clones are based on Ashton-Tate's 1986 dBASE III+ release — scripts written in the dBASE III+ dialect are most likely to run on all the clones. </p>