.pb
1 claimant
1 primary
0 secondary
unambiguous primary
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.
3.8M
total occurrences
2.2M
since 2019 (59.5%)
1984–2023
years active
Case variants in archive: .pb (3.8M), .PB (419), .Pb (23), .pB (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to PureBasic as primary by 1 authoritative claim.
Authoritative sources: ✓ Linguist ✗ Pygments · no claim ✗ Wikidata · no claim △ Wikipedia · secondary
Claimants (2)
Languages that list
.pb among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| PureBasic | linguist | primary |
| PureBasic | wikipedia | proposed |
Wikidata says… (6)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.pb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papyrus Author database Q125925206 file format | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Particles format (big-endian) Q105864790 file format | file format | — | application/octet-stream | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Particles format (little-endian) Q105864495 file format | file format | — | application/octet-stream | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .pb in our local mirror yet.