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(Archiving only: this is actually a filesystem, and it already has an entry over there)
(add/move some stuff around)
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* [[WARC]] (.warc.gz)
 
* [[WARC]] (.warc.gz)
 
* [[ZIP]] (.zip)
 
* [[ZIP]] (.zip)
 +
* [[ZOO]] (.zoo)
  
 
== Archiving only ==
 
== Archiving only ==
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* [[LBR]] (.lbr)
 
* [[LBR]] (.lbr)
 
* [[Tape Archive]] (.tar)
 
* [[Tape Archive]] (.tar)
 +
* [[LIB]] (.a, .lib) <!-- as used for libraries during compilation/linking; unix "ar" tool -->
 +
* [[CPIO]] (.cpio)
  
 
== Compression only ==
 
== Compression only ==
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* [[Squeeze/SQ]] (.?Q?)
 
* [[Squeeze/SQ]] (.?Q?)
 
* [[XZ]] (.xz)
 
* [[XZ]] (.xz)
 +
* [[LZIP]] (.lz)
 +
* [[LZOP]] (.lzop)
 +
* [[LZW]] (.Z)
  
  
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* [[Compact File Set]] (.cfs)
 
* [[Compact File Set]] (.cfs)
 
* [[Compact Pro]] (.cpt)
 
* [[Compact Pro]] (.cpt)
* [[CPIO]] (.cpio)
 
 
* [[DGCA]] (.dgc)
 
* [[DGCA]] (.dgc)
 
* [[Disk Archiver]] (.dar)
 
* [[Disk Archiver]] (.dar)
 
* [[DiskDoubler]] (.dd)
 
* [[DiskDoubler]] (.dd)
 +
* [[DMS]] (.dms; Amiga Disk Masher compressed file)
 
* [[DUPA]] (Amiga FileImploder Clone)
 
* [[DUPA]] (Amiga FileImploder Clone)
 
* [[DVDisaster Error Correction File]] (.ecc)
 
* [[DVDisaster Error Correction File]] (.ecc)
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* [[IMP]] (Amiga FileImploder)
 
* [[IMP]] (Amiga FileImploder)
 
* [[Inflate]] (.infl)
 
* [[Inflate]] (.infl)
* [[Jar]] (.j) => this is just a renamed zip file with some mandatory files
+
* [[Jar]] (.j, .jar) => this is just a renamed zip file with some mandatory files
 
* [[KGB Archiver]] (.kgb)
 
* [[KGB Archiver]] (.kgb)
 
* [[KiriKiri]] (.xp3)
 
* [[KiriKiri]] (.xp3)
* [[LZIP]] (.lz)
 
* [[LZOP]] (.lzop)
 
* [[LZW]] (.Z)
 
 
* [[LZX]] (.lzx)
 
* [[LZX]] (.lzx)
 +
* [[LNX]] (.lnx; Lynx archive, used on Commodore 64)
 
* [[Mozilla Archive]] (.mar)
 
* [[Mozilla Archive]] (.mar)
 
* [[MS-DOS Compression]] (.??_)
 
* [[MS-DOS Compression]] (.??_)
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* [[XAR]] (.xar)
 
* [[XAR]] (.xar)
 
* [[YZ1]] (.yz1)
 
* [[YZ1]] (.yz1)
* [[ZOO]] (.zoo)
 
 
* [[Zzip]] (.zz)
 
* [[Zzip]] (.zz)

Revision as of 00:21, 3 November 2012

File Formats > Electronic File Formats > Compression

(Lossless, for generic data + file archives)


Compression + archiving

(Multiple files => 1 file, makes it smaller)

Archiving only

(many files => 1 file, no compression attempted)

Compression only

(1 file => 1 file, makes it smaller)


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