.adb
2 claimants
2 primary
0 secondary
shared primary (2)
SWH popularity
From the SWH-MSR-ARV dataset (Desmazières, Di Cosmo, Lorentz, MSR 2025; file nb_extensions_alphanum.csv) — one row per (ext, year) in the full SWH archive. Case-aggregated. citation.
1.0M
total occurrences
241.0K
since 2019 (23.2%)
1970–2023
years active
Case variants in archive: .adb (1.0M), .ADB (319), .Adb (9), .adB (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to Ada; Ada; Ada (programming language) as primary by 3 authoritative claims.
Claimants (4)
Languages that list
.adb among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| Ada | linguist | primary |
| Ada | pygments | primary |
| Ada (programming language) | pygments | primary |
| Ada | wikipedia | proposed |
Wikidata says… (3)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.adb on Wikidata
(property P1195) or in the Wikipedia infobox.
Source: data/derived/external_extension_index.csv.
Click Use as new PL on any row to open the
Add-PL form pre-filled with that entry's name, Wikipedia/Wikidata
URL, and this extension — one submission creates the PL + claim.
| Format | Class (Wikidata P31) | Suggested label | MIME | Notes | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ada file Q127327283 file format | file format | — | text/x-ada | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Ability Database Q28600263 file format | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| HP Phone/Database/Note database Q105857291 file format | file format | — | application/octet-stream | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .adb in our local mirror yet.