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== Uncategorized ==
 
== Uncategorized ==
  
* [[7zX]] (.s7z)
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* [[7zX]] [[s7z]]
* [[9CDR]] (Amiga FileImploder Clone)
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* [[9CDR]] - [[Amiga FileImploder Clone]]
* [[AFA]] (.afa)
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* [[AFA]] [[afa]]
* [[ALZip]] (.alz)
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* [[ALZip]] [[alz]]
* [[APX]] (.apx)
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* [[APX]] [[apx]]
* [[ARCFS]] (ArcFS ArchivePacker)
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* [[ARCFS]] - [[ArcFS ArchivePacker]]
* [[ArchiveLib]] (GreenLeaf)
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* [[ArchiveLib]] [[GreenLeaf]]
* [[BlakHole]] (.bh)
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* [[bh]] - [[BlakHole]]  
* [[Compact File Set]] (.cfs)
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* [[cfs]] - [[Compact File Set]]  
* [[Compact Pro]] (.cpt)
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* [[cpt]] - [[Compact Pro]]  
* [[CRN]] (.crn; compressed text files used for PC-Write manual)
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* [[CRN]] [[crn]] - compressed text files used for PC-Write manual
* [[DGCA]] (.dgc)
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* [[DGCA]] [[dgc]]
* [[Disk Archiver]] (.dar)
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* [[dar]] - [[Disk Archiver]]  
* [[DiskDoubler]] (.dd)
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* [[dd]] - [[DiskDoubler]]  
* [[DMS]] (.dms; Amiga Disk Masher compressed file)
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* [[DMS]] [[dms]] -  Amiga Disk Masher compressed file
* [[DUPA]] (Amiga FileImploder Clone)
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* [[DUPA]]- [[Amiga FileImploder Clone]]
* [[DVDisaster Error Correction File]] (.ecc)
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* [[ecc]] - [[DVDisaster Error Correction File]]  
* [[FIMP]] (Amiga FileImploder)
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* [[FIMP]] - [[Amiga FileImploder]]
* [[Freeze/Melt]] (.F)
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* [[F]] - [[Freeze/Melt]]  
* [[GCA]] (.gca)
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* [[GCA]] [[gca]]
* [[HA]] (.ha)
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* [[HA]] [[ha]]
* [[Huffman Encoding]] (.z)
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* [[z]] - [[Huffman Encoding]]  
* [[ICE]] (.ice)
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* [[ICE]] [[ice]]
* [[IFHC]] (Amiga FileImploder Clone)
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* [[IFHC]] - [[Amiga FileImploder Clone]]
* [[IMP]] (Amiga FileImploder)
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* [[IMP]] - [[Amiga FileImploder]]
* [[Inflate]] (.infl)
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* [[Inflate]] [[infl]]
* [[KGB Archiver]] (.kgb)
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* [[kgb]] - [[KGB Archiver]]  
* [[KiriKiri]] (.xp3)
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* [[xp3]] - [[KiriKiri]]  
* [[LZX]] (.lzx)
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* [[LZX]] [[lzx]]
* [[LNX]] (.lnx; Lynx archive, used on Commodore 64)
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* [[LNX]] [[lnx]] - [[Lynx archive]], used on Commodore 64
* [[Mozilla Archive]] (.mar)
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* [[mar]] - [[Mozilla Archive]]  
* [[MS-DOS Compression]] (.??_)
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* [[??_]] - [[MS-DOS Compression]]  
* [[PackIt]] (.pit)
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* [[pit]] - [[PackIt]]  
* [[PAK]] (.pak)
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* [[PAK]] [[pak]]
* [[PAQ]] (.paq6, .paq7, .paq8)
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* [[PAQ]] [[paq6]] [[paq7]] [[paq8]]
* [[Parchive File]] (.par, .par2)
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* [[par]] [[par2]] - [[Parchive File]]  
* [[PartImage]] (.partimg)
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* [[partimg]] - [[PartImage]]  
* [[PeaZip]] (.pea)
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* [[pea]] - [[PeaZip]]  
* [[PerfectCompress]] (.uca)
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* [[uca]] - [[PerfectCompress]]  
* [[PIM]] (.pim)
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* [[PIM]] [[pim]]
* [[Quadruple D]] (.qda)
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* [[qda]] - [[Quadruple D]]  
* [[RK]] (.rk)
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* [[RK]] [[rk]]
* [[RZIP]] (.rzip)
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* [[RZIP]] [[rzip]]
* [[SCIFER]] (.ba)
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* [[ba]] - [[SCIFER]]  
* [[Scifer]] (.sen)
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* [[sen]] - [[Scifer]]  
* [[Self Dissolving ARChive]] (.sda)
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* [[sda]] - [[Self Dissolving ARChive]]  
* [[Self-Extracting Archive]] (.sea)
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* [[sea]] - [[Self-Extracting Archive]]  
* [[Self-Extracting Archive]] (.sfx)
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* [[sfx]] - [[Self-Extracting Archive]]  
* [[sfArk]] (.sfark)
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* [[sfArk]] [[sfark]]
* [[Shell Archive]] (.shar)
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* [[shar]] - [[Shell Archive]]  
* [[SQX]] (.sqx)
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* [[SQX]] [[sqx]]
* [[UHarc]] (.uha)
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* [[uha]] - [[UHarc]]  
* [[UltraCompressor II]] (.uc, .uc0, .uc2, .ucn, .ur2, .ue2)
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* [[uc]], [[uc0]], [[uc2]], [[ucn]], [[ur2]], [[ue2]] - [[UltraCompressor II]]
* [[Unix Archiver]] (.ar)
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* [[ar]] - [[Unix Archiver]]  
* [[Windows Image]] (.wim)
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* [[wim]] [[Windows Image]]  
* [[WinHKI]] (.hki)
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* [[hki]] - [[WinHKI]]  
* [[WinRK]] (.rk)
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* [[rk]] - [[WinRK]]  
* [[XAR]] (.xar)
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* [[XAR]] [[xar]]
* [[YZ1]] (.yz1)
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* [[YZ1]] [[yz1]]
* [[Zzip]] (.zz)
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* [zz]]] - [[Zzip]]
  
 
[[Category:Compression| ]]
 
[[Category:Compression| ]]

Revision as of 00:50, 20 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)

Stream compression formats

A stream format takes a stream of bytes, and outputs a different, hopefully smaller, stream of bytes. These compression formats are often used internally in other data structures to compress data, as well as in network protocols, such as http. Used stand-alone, a stream compression format does not offer archiving capability, however in the UNIX doctrine, an archiver like tar can be combined with an archive format to produce a proper compressed archive.

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