Editing Cabinet (file format) (section)

{{Short description|Archive file format created for Microsoft Windows}}
{{Original research|date=October 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{ infobox file format
| name         = Cabinet
| icon         = Cab file format icon.png
| extension    = .cab
| mime         = application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed
| uniform type = public.archive.cab
| conforms to  = public.data<br />public.archive
| owner        = [[Microsoft]]
| creatorcode  =
| magic        = MSCF
| genre        = [[Archive file format]]
| containerfor =
| containedby  =
| extendedfrom =
| extendedto   =
}}

'''Cabinet''' (or '''CAB''') is an [[archive file format|archive-file format]] for [[Microsoft Windows]] that supports [[lossless data compression]] and embedded [[digital certificate]]s used for maintaining archive integrity. Cabinet files have <code>.cab</code> [[filename extension]]s and are recognized by their first four bytes (also called their ''[[File format#Magic number|magic number]]'') ''MSCF''. Cabinet files were known originally as Diamond files.