Archiving

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(Multiple files => 1 file, makes it smaller)
 
(Multiple files => 1 file, makes it smaller)
  
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* [[7z]] - [[7ZIP]]  
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* [[7ZIP]] (.7z)
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* [[ACE]] [[ace]]
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* [[ACE]] (.ace)
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* [[ARC (compression format)|ARC]] [[arc]]
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* [[ARC (compression format)|ARC]] (.arc)
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* [[arc]] - [[ARC (FreeArc)]]
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* [[ARC (FreeArc)]] (.arc)
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* [[arc]], [[gz]] - [[ARC (Web Archiving)]]
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* [[ARC (Web Archiving)]] (.arc.gz)
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* [[dmg]] - [[Apple Disk Image]]
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* [[Apple Disk Image]]
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* [[arj]] [[ARJ]]  
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* [[ARJ]]  
 
* [[BRU]] - (RSX-11M backup)
 
* [[BRU]] - (RSX-11M backup)
 
* [[cab]] - [[Cabinet]]  
 
* [[cab]] - [[Cabinet]]  

Revision as of 16:29, 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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