zh:zh|dBase dBase是第一个在个人电脑上被广泛使用的单机版数据库系统，在CP/M与DOS的时期，由Ashton-Tate公司所发表。在1980年，它最初是出现在CP/M的软件，而后被移植到Apple II与IBM PC的DOS上。在dBase III与dBase III Plus时，成为当时数据库市场的主流，而后其他公司推出功能相近甚至是强化的产品，例如Clipper或FoxPro，它们被称为xBase。然而在dBase IV的失败，用户被迫寻找其他更稳定与安全的数据库。而后在SQL与主从式架构的市场需求下，dBase快速从Microsoft Windows的软件市场上消失。

dBase (also stylized dBASE) was one of the first database management systems for microcomputers, and the most successful in its day. The dBase system includes the core database engine, a query system, a forms engine, and a programming language that ties all of these components together. dBase's underlying file format, the .dbf file, is widely used in applications needing a simple format to store structured data.