Archiving

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* [[IMP]] (.imp)
 
* [[IMP]] (.imp)
 
* [[Jar]] (.j, .jar) => this is just a renamed zip file with some mandatory files
 
* [[Jar]] (.j, .jar) => this is just a renamed zip file with some mandatory files
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* [[lzh]], [[lha]] - [[LHAv]]
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* [[LHAv]] (.lzh, .lha)
 
* [[PMA]] (.pma)
 
* [[PMA]] (.pma)
 
* [[RAR]] (.rar)
 
* [[RAR]] (.rar)
 
* [[Softlib]] (Softdisk Publishing)
 
* [[Softlib]] (Softdisk Publishing)
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* [[spk]] - [[Spark]]  
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* [[Spark]] (.spk)
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* [[sit]] - [[Stuffit]]
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* [[Stuffit]] (.sit)
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* [[sitx]] - [[Stuffit X]]  
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* [[Stuffit X]] (.sitx)
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* [[warc]], [[warc.gz]] - [[WARC]]
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* [[WARC]] (.warc, .warc.gz)
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* [[zip]] - [[ZIP]]  
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* [[ZIP]] (.zip)
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* [[zoo]] - [[ZOO]]
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* [[ZOO]] (.zoo)
  
 
== Archiving only ==
 
== Archiving only ==

Revision as of 16:33, 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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