What is the difference between .xlsb and .tab?
- Extension
- .xlsb
- .tab
- Format
- Binary
- Text
- Category
- Spreadsheet
- Database
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Description
- The xlsb file type is a binary file format used to store Excel spreadsheets. It is a compressed version of the xlsx file type and can only be opened in the Microsoft Excel application. Compared to the xlsx, the xlsb format is much smaller in size and is less prone to corruption.
- A tab-separated values (TSV) file is a simple text format for storing data in a tabular structure, e.g., database table or spreadsheet data, and a way of exchanging information between databases.
- MIME Type
- application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnabled.12
- text/tab-separated-values
- Wikipedia
- .tab on Wikipedia