GBK file extension

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• What is the .gbk file?
• What program do I need to open a .gbk file?
• How can the .gbk file be opened, edited or printed?
• How can I convert .gbk files to another format?

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3 extension(s) and 0 alias(es) found in database

✅ GenBank Data

.gbk

Description:
GBK file is a GenBank Data. GenBank format is a flat file format for sequence data related to complete bacterial genomes. By convention, GenBank format files have the extension gbk.

GBK format description

Category: Data files

Application: SnapGene

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic number: -

Magic string: -

Sample: -

GBK aliases:

genbank

GBK related links:

-

GBK related extensions:

.fasta

FASTA Sequence

.gcg

GCG DNA Sequence

.qual

Quality Score File

.fastq

FASTQ Sequence

.fai

FASTA Index Data

.xmfa

Mauve eXtended Multi-FastA Data

.mauve

Mauve Alignment Data

✅ Embarcadero InterBase Database Backup

.gbk

Description:
GBK file is an Embarcadero InterBase Database Backup. InterBase is a full-featured relational database that developers can embed into their software applications.

GBK format description

Category: Development files

Application: Embarcadero InterBase

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic number: -

Magic string: -

Sample: -

GBK aliases:

-

GBK related links:

InterBase on Wikipedia

GBK related extensions:

.sqr

SQR Script

.sql

SQL Script

.gdb

Embarcadero InterBase Database File

.urd

Ultra Recall Database

.rbf

RBase Data

.db

General Database File

.spf

SQR Portable Format

.lis

SQR Printer Output

.sqs

SQL Script Sequences

.con

SQL Script Constraints

✅ Wiley eGrade Gradebook

.gbk

Description:
GBK file is a Wiley eGrade Gradebook. EGrade is an online assignment system.

GBK format description

Category: Data files

Application: Wiley eGrade

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic number: -

Magic string: -

Sample: -

GBK aliases:

-

GBK related links:

-

GBK related extensions:

.gbb

Wiley eGrade Gradebook Backup

Other types of files may also use the .gbk file extension.

🚫 The .gbk file extension is often given incorrectly!

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🔴 Can't open a .gbk file?

When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:

Windows cannot open this file:

example.gbk

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it...

If you don't know how to set the .gbk file association, check the FAQ.

🔴 Can I change the extension of files?

Changing the filename extension of a file is not a good idea. When you change a file's extension, you change the way programs on your computer read the file. The problem is, changing the file extension does not change the file format.

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