Address Book and iPhoto issues

I went to Finder window to locate a picture in iPhoto. I noticed in the iPhoto library files labelled as e.g.Thumb32Segment.data etc (they are all Segment.data files). When I opened them, Address Book opens them with a dialogue window stating 'No new cards added". I sent them to Trash and deleted them. Nest time I opened iPhoto, a dialogue window opened stating 'Rebuilding Thumbnail Cache'... When I checked through Finder, it would seem the Trashed files have been re-formed. I Trashed them again using Secure Trash... Guess what! You guessed it.. Next time I opened iPhoto, same thing happened.. 'Rebuilding Thumbnail Cache'.. and yes, even though they were 'Secure Trash(ed)', they've reappeared. I'm new to computing, so I'd like to know what is happening, is it significant, and is there anything I can do to stop it. Or am I best just not knowing, leaving the Thumbnail Segment.data files where they are and hoping for the best?

Hi,
Earlier you mentioned:
When I open them e.g. Thumn32Segment.data there is an image of a card with name address etc. a drop down menu appears within the window (showing the card) which says 'No New Cards added'
This is because, for some reason, these files have become associated with AddressBook. When you double-click one, the system incorrectly thinks it's an AddressBook file and tries to load it into AddressBook.
... if they aren't Address Book files, why or should that be how, do they contain this information?
AddressBook fails to find any useful data in the file and displays +"the drop down menu appears within the window (showing the card) which says 'No New Cards added'"+ because they aren't AddressBook files. After you click OK, you are left with the normal AddressBook window showing you the contacts (if any) you had prior to launching the file.
they have the information found on cards which already exist.
It's not showing ANY information from these Thumbnail files, just the standard AddressBook window. Launch the AddressBook manually yourself (the brown book icon in the Dock) - you'll see it's the same window.

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