When you split an Access database file, you end up with two .mdb files instead of just one: The backend stores the data in relational table. The front end stores the interface objects.

Microsoft Access allows business and other large, data-sharing entities to create databases storing vast amounts of information. Anyone using Access can share these database files with one another ...

Microsoft Access was originally designed with the aim of reading all database formats, including the dBase file format (.DBF). However, Microsoft dropped dBase support with its Access 2013 product ...