Archiving

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* [[ARJ]]  
 
* [[ARJ]]  
 
* [[BRU]] - (RSX-11M backup)
 
* [[BRU]] - (RSX-11M backup)
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* [[cab]] - [[Cabinet]]  
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* [[Cabinet]] (.cab)
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* [[DWC]] [[dwc]]
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* [[DWC]] (.dwc)
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* [[IMP]] [[imp]]
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* [[IMP]] (.imp)
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* [[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
 
* [[lzh]], [[lha]] - [[LHAv]]  
 
* [[lzh]], [[lha]] - [[LHAv]]  
 
* [[PMA]] (.pma)
 
* [[PMA]] (.pma)

Revision as of 16:30, 22 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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