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(Multiple files => 1 file, makes it smaller)
 
(Multiple files => 1 file, makes it smaller)
  
* [[7ZIP]] (.7z)
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* [[7z]] - [[7ZIP]]  
* [[ACE]] (.ace)
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* [[ACE]] [[ace]]
* [[ARC]] (.arc)
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* [[ARC]] [[arc]]
* [[ARC (FreeArc)]] (.arc)
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* [[arc]] - [[ARC (FreeArc)]]
* [[ARC (Web Archiving)]] (.arc.gz)
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* [[arc]], [[gz]] - [[ARC (Web Archiving)]]
* [[Apple Disk Image]] (.dmg)
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* [[dmg]] - [[Apple Disk Image]]
* [[ARJ]] (.arj)
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* [[arj]] [[ARJ]]  
* [[BRU]] (RSX-11M backup)
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* [[BRU]] - (RSX-11M backup)
* [[Cabinet]] (.cab)
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* [[cab]] - [[Cabinet]]  
* [[DWC]] (.dwc)
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* [[DWC]] [[dwc]]
* [[IMP]] (.imp)
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* [[IMP]] [[imp]]
* [[Jar]] (.j, .jar) => this is just a renamed zip file with some mandatory files
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* [[Jar]] [[j]], [[jar]] => this is just a renamed zip file with some mandatory files
* [[LHAv]] (.lzh, .lha)
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* [[lzh]], [[lha]] - [[LHAv]]
 
* [[PMA]] (.pma)
 
* [[PMA]] (.pma)
 
* [[RAR]] (.rar)
 
* [[RAR]] (.rar)
 
* [[Softlib]] (Softdisk Publishing)
 
* [[Softlib]] (Softdisk Publishing)
* [[Spark]] (.spk)
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* [[spk]] - [[Spark]]  
* [[Stuffit]] (.sit)
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* [[sit]] - [[Stuffit]]
* [[Stuffit X]] (.sitx)
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* [[sitx]] - [[Stuffit X]]  
* [[WARC]] (.warc.gz)
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* [[warc]], [[warc.gz]] - [[WARC]]
* [[ZIP]] (.zip)
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* [[zip]] - [[ZIP]]  
* [[ZOO]] (.zoo)
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* [[zoo]] - [[ZOO]]
  
 
== Archiving only ==
 
== Archiving only ==

Revision as of 00:21, 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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