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* [[bar]] (SunOS 4)
 
* [[bar]] (SunOS 4)
 
* [[cpio]] (.cpio)
 
* [[cpio]] (.cpio)
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* [[FAR (The Sims)]] (.far)
 
* [[Hamster archive]]
 
* [[Hamster archive]]
 
* [[LBR]] (.lbr)
 
* [[LBR]] (.lbr)
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* [[Quake PAK]]
 
* [[Quake PAK]]
 
* [[SeqBox]] (.sbx)
 
* [[SeqBox]] (.sbx)
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* [[siva]] (.siva)
 
* [[Tape Archive]] (.tar)
 
* [[Tape Archive]] (.tar)
 
* [[VIV]] (.viv, .big; used in Electronic Arts games)
 
* [[VIV]] (.viv, .big; used in Electronic Arts games)
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* [[4Q]] (.4q)
 
* [[4Q]] (.4q)
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* [[777]]
 
* [[7z]] (.7z)
 
* [[7z]] (.7z)
 
* [[ACE]] (.ace)
 
* [[ACE]] (.ace)
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* [[AIN]] (.ain)
 
* [[AIN]] (.ain)
 
* [[ALZ]] (.alz) (ALZip)
 
* [[ALZ]] (.alz) (ALZip)
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* [[AR7]]
 
* [[ARC (compression format)|ARC]] (PC/MS-DOS) (.arc)
 
* [[ARC (compression format)|ARC]] (PC/MS-DOS) (.arc)
 
* [[ARC (Commodore)]] (.arc)
 
* [[ARC (Commodore)]] (.arc)
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* [[ARC (Internet Archive)]] (gzipped form: .arc.gz)
 
* [[ARC (Internet Archive)]] (gzipped form: .arc.gz)
 
* [[ArcFS]] (RISC OS) (.arc)
 
* [[ArcFS]] (RISC OS) (.arc)
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* [[ARG]]
 
* [[ARJ]]
 
* [[ARJ]]
 
* [[Astrotite]] (.afa)
 
* [[Astrotite]] (.afa)
 
* [[B6Z]] (.b6z)
 
* [[B6Z]] (.b6z)
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* [[BIX]]
 
* [[BlakHole]] (.bh)
 
* [[BlakHole]] (.bh)
 
* [[BRU]] - (RSX-11M backup)
 
* [[BRU]] - (RSX-11M backup)
 
* [[Cabinet]] (.cab)
 
* [[Cabinet]] (.cab)
 
* [[CAR]] (a SAP archive format; also see [[SAR]])
 
* [[CAR]] (a SAP archive format; also see [[SAR]])
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* [[CAR (MylesHi!)]]
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* [[CFL]] (Compressed file library) (.cfl)
 
* [[CMZ (archive format)|CMZ]]
 
* [[CMZ (archive format)|CMZ]]
 
* [[Compact File Set]] (.cfs)
 
* [[Compact File Set]] (.cfs)
 
* [[Compact Pro]] (.cpt)
 
* [[Compact Pro]] (.cpt)
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* [[CRUSH]]
 
* [[Disk Archiver]] (.dar)
 
* [[Disk Archiver]] (.dar)
 
* [[DGCA]] (.dgc)
 
* [[DGCA]] (.dgc)
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* [[Diamond]]
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* [[Doom WAD]] (.wad)
 
* [[DWC]] (.dwc)
 
* [[DWC]] (.dwc)
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* [[Dzip]] (.dz)
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* [[Eazel]] (.eaz)
 
* [[EGG (ALZip)]] (.egg)
 
* [[EGG (ALZip)]] (.egg)
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* [[Freeze!]]
 
* [[FTCOMP]]
 
* [[FTCOMP]]
 
* [[GCA]] (.gca)
 
* [[GCA]] (.gca)
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* [[Genus Graphics Library]]
 
* [[Greenleaf ArchiveLib]]
 
* [[Greenleaf ArchiveLib]]
 
* [[HA]] (.ha)
 
* [[HA]] (.ha)
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* [[HAP]]
 
* [[HKI]] (WinHKI) (.hki)
 
* [[HKI]] (WinHKI) (.hki)
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* [[HPACK (compressed archive)|HPACK]] (.hpk)
 
* [[Hyper archive]] (.hyp)
 
* [[Hyper archive]] (.hyp)
 
* [[ICE (ICEOWS)]] (.ice)
 
* [[ICE (ICEOWS)]] (.ice)
 
* [[IMP]] (.imp)
 
* [[IMP]] (.imp)
 
* [[JAR (ARJ Software)]] (.j)
 
* [[JAR (ARJ Software)]] (.j)
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* [[JRchive]] (.jrc)
 
* [[KGB Archiver]] (.kgb)
 
* [[KGB Archiver]] (.kgb)
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* [[Konqueror web archive]] (.war)
 
* [[LHA]] (.lzh, .lha)
 
* [[LHA]] (.lzh, .lha)
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* [[LHARK]]
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* [[LHice]]
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* [[LIMIT]] (.lim)
 
* [[LZX]] (.lzx)
 
* [[LZX]] (.lzx)
 
* [[MAFF]] (Mozilla web archive; uses ZIP for compression)
 
* [[MAFF]] (Mozilla web archive; uses ZIP for compression)
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* [[MDCD]] (.md)
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* [[Now Compress]]
 
* [[NuFX]] (.bxy)
 
* [[NuFX]] (.bxy)
 
* [[packARC]] (.pja)
 
* [[packARC]] (.pja)
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* [[PackIt]] (.pit)
 
* [[PackIt]] (.pit)
 
* [[PAK]] (.pak)  
 
* [[PAK]] (.pak)  
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* [[PAK (ARC extension)]]
 
* [[PAQ]] (.pa6, .pa7, .pa8, others)
 
* [[PAQ]] (.pa6, .pa7, .pa8, others)
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* [[PCX Library]] (.pcl)
 
* [[PEA]] (PeaZIP) (.pea)  
 
* [[PEA]] (PeaZIP) (.pea)  
 
* [[PerfectCompress]] (.uca)
 
* [[PerfectCompress]] (.uca)
 
* [[PIM]] (.pim)
 
* [[PIM]] (.pim)
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* [[PLA]] (ARCHICAD Archive) (.pla)
 
* [[PMA]] (.pma)
 
* [[PMA]] (.pma)
* [[PUT]] (.put)
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* [[PPMd]]
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* [[PUT]] (MicroFox) (.put)
 
* [[Quadruple D Archiver]] (.qda)
 
* [[Quadruple D Archiver]] (.qda)
 
* [[Quantum compressed archive]] (.q)
 
* [[Quantum compressed archive]] (.q)
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* [[RARC (Nintendo)]]
 
* [[RARC (Nintendo)]]
 
* [[RK]] (WinRK)
 
* [[RK]] (WinRK)
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* [[RKIVE]] (.rkv)
 
* [[S7z]] (.s7z)
 
* [[S7z]] (.s7z)
 
* [[SAR]] (a SAP archive format; also see [[CAR]])
 
* [[SAR]] (a SAP archive format; also see [[CAR]])
 
* [[Scifer]] (.sen, .ba, .xml)
 
* [[Scifer]] (.sen, .ba, .xml)
 
* [[ShrinkIt]] (.shk)
 
* [[ShrinkIt]] (.shk)
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* [[Slim!]]
 
* [[Softlib]] (Softdisk Publishing) (.slb)
 
* [[Softlib]] (Softdisk Publishing) (.slb)
 
* [[Spark]] (.spk)
 
* [[Spark]] (.spk)
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* [[Squash ARH|Squash]] (.arh)
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* [[Squeeze It]] (.sqz)
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* [[SQWEZ]] 2.x (.sqz)
 
* [[SQX]] (.sqx)
 
* [[SQX]] (.sqx)
 
* [[StuffIt]] (.sit)
 
* [[StuffIt]] (.sit)
 
* [[StuffIt X]] (.sitx)
 
* [[StuffIt X]] (.sitx)
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* [[TSComp]] (.tsc)
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* [[UFA]]
 
* [[UHARC]] (.uha)  
 
* [[UHARC]] (.uha)  
 
* [[UltraCompressor II]] (.uc, .uc0, .uc2, .ucn, .ur2, .ue2)
 
* [[UltraCompressor II]] (.uc, .uc0, .uc2, .ucn, .ur2, .ue2)
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* [[xar (Extensible Archive)]] (.xar)
 
* [[xar (Extensible Archive)]] (.xar)
 
* [[XP3]] (.xp3) - used in [[KiriKiri Adventure Game System]]
 
* [[XP3]] (.xp3) - used in [[KiriKiri Adventure Game System]]
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* [[XPACK]] (.xpa)
 
* [[Yamazaki zipper archive]] (.yz1) - used in DeepFreezer
 
* [[Yamazaki zipper archive]] (.yz1) - used in DeepFreezer
 
* [[ZIP]] (.zip)
 
* [[ZIP]] (.zip)
 
* [[Zipx]] (.zipx)
 
* [[Zipx]] (.zipx)
* [[ZOO]] (.zoo)
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* [[Zoo]] (.zoo)
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* ZPack Lite (.zpk) - See [[Z/Install Lite]]
 
* [[ZPAQ]]
 
* [[ZPAQ]]
 
* [[Zzip]] (.zz)
 
* [[Zzip]] (.zz)
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== Encrypted or cryptographically signed archives ==
 
== Encrypted or cryptographically signed archives ==
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* [[SDN (SDN Project)]]
 
* [[XIP]]
 
* [[XIP]]
 
* [[ZED]]
 
* [[ZED]]
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== Miscellaneous ==
 
== Miscellaneous ==
* [[7-Zip]]
 
 
* [[Cache Directory Tagging Standard]]
 
* [[Cache Directory Tagging Standard]]
  
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* [[RPM]] (RedHat Package Manager)
 
* [[RPM]] (RedHat Package Manager)
 
* [[SIS]] (Symbian)
 
* [[SIS]] (Symbian)
* [[Snap]] [https://docs.snapcraft.io/the-snap-format/698]
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* [[Snap]]
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* [[Unity package file]]
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* [[WAD (Wii)]]
 
* [[Windows Installer]] (.msi, .msp)
 
* [[Windows Installer]] (.msi, .msp)
 
* [[XAR (Executable Archive)]]
 
* [[XAR (Executable Archive)]]
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* [[Z/Install Lite]]
  
 
== Self-extracting archives ==
 
== Self-extracting archives ==
 
(in addition, some of the other archivers are able to produce executable files for some platform which include the archived data and a program to extract them, and generally have the file extension normal for executables, such as .exe for DOS/Windows. In many cases, if you rename the extension to the appropriate one for the archive type involved, e.g., '''.zip''', the file will open in the appropriate archiver, which is handy for extracting them on systems not compatible with the original executable.)
 
(in addition, some of the other archivers are able to produce executable files for some platform which include the archived data and a program to extract them, and generally have the file extension normal for executables, such as .exe for DOS/Windows. In many cases, if you rename the extension to the appropriate one for the archive type involved, e.g., '''.zip''', the file will open in the appropriate archiver, which is handy for extracting them on systems not compatible with the original executable.)
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* [[COMPACK]] / BUILDSFX
 
* [[SDA]] (Self Dissolving Archive)
 
* [[SDA]] (Self Dissolving Archive)
* [[SEA]] (Self-Extracting Archive]
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* [[SEA (StuffIt)]] (StuffIt Self-Extracting Archive)
 
* [[Self-extracting ZIP]]
 
* [[Self-extracting ZIP]]
 
* [[SFX]] (Self-Extracting Archive)
 
* [[SFX]] (Self-Extracting Archive)
 
* [[shar]] (Shell Archive, in Unix-like systems)
 
* [[shar]] (Shell Archive, in Unix-like systems)
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* [[SQWEZ]]
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== Software ==
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Some multi-format utilities are listed at [[Conversion Software#Archives]].
  
 
== Transfer formats ==
 
== Transfer formats ==

Revision as of 12:45, 12 August 2020

File Format
Name Archiving
Ontology

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(Lossless, for generic data + file archives)

See also: Compression, Error detection and correction

Contents

Archiving only

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

Compression + archiving

(Multiple files => 1 file, makes it smaller. See Compression for formats that compress single files/streams, and Disk Image Formats for formats that capture the low-level structure of a disk)

Diff files

(containing only the parts of a file that have changed, so they can be applied to an existing file to update it; used for update distribution and incremental backups)

See also Wikipedia:Data differencing.

Encrypted or cryptographically signed archives

Filesystem backup and restoration

Formats designed for backing up disks, usually specifically targeted at particular filesystems (but backing it up in the form of file structures, not raw sector images like Disk Image Formats).

Institutional archiving

Metadata formats

(see also Metadata, Bibliographic data)

Miscellaneous

Program/App/Applet/Installer specialized archive formats

Self-extracting archives

(in addition, some of the other archivers are able to produce executable files for some platform which include the archived data and a program to extract them, and generally have the file extension normal for executables, such as .exe for DOS/Windows. In many cases, if you rename the extension to the appropriate one for the archive type involved, e.g., .zip, the file will open in the appropriate archiver, which is handy for extracting them on systems not compatible with the original executable.)

Software

Some multi-format utilities are listed at Conversion Software#Archives.

Transfer formats

(encapsulate a system-specific file structure to make it compatible with foreign systems, file transfer protocols, etc.)

For low-level transfer encodings, see Transfer Encodings.

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