Archiving

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== Compression + archiving ==
 
== Compression + archiving ==
 
(Multiple files => 1 file, makes it smaller)
 
(Multiple files => 1 file, makes it smaller)
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* [[7ZIP]] (.7z)
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* [[ARC]] (.arc)
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* [[Apple Disk Image]] (.dmg)
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* [[ARJ]] (.arj)
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== Archiving only ==
 
== Archiving only ==
 
(many files => 1 file, no compression attempted)
 
(many files => 1 file, no compression attempted)
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* [[BinHex]] (.hqx)
  
 
== Compression only ==
 
== Compression only ==
 
(1 file => 1 file, makes it smaller)
 
(1 file => 1 file, makes it smaller)
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* [[BZIP2]] (.bz2)
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* [[GZIP]] (.gz)
  
 
== Unknown ==
 
== Unknown ==
  
* [[7ZIP]] (.7z)
 
 
* [[7zX]] (.s7z)
 
* [[7zX]] (.s7z)
 
* [[ACE]] (.ace)
 
* [[ACE]] (.ace)
 
* [[AFA]] (.afa)
 
* [[AFA]] (.afa)
 
* [[ALZip]] (.alz)
 
* [[ALZip]] (.alz)
* [[Apple Disk Image]] (.dmg)
 
 
* [[APX]] (.apx)
 
* [[APX]] (.apx)
* [[ARC]] (.arc)
 
* [[ARJ]] (.arj)
 
* [[BinHex]] (.hqx)
 
 
* [[BlakHole]] (.bh)
 
* [[BlakHole]] (.bh)
* [[BZIP2]] (.bz2)
 
 
* [[Cabinet]] (.cab)
 
* [[Cabinet]] (.cab)
 
* [[Compact File Set]] (.cfs)
 
* [[Compact File Set]] (.cfs)
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* [[Freeze/Melt]] (.F)
 
* [[Freeze/Melt]] (.F)
 
* [[GCA]] (.gca)
 
* [[GCA]] (.gca)
* [[GZIP]] (.gz)
 
 
* [[HA]] (.ha)
 
* [[HA]] (.ha)
 
* [[Huffman Encoding]] (.z)
 
* [[Huffman Encoding]] (.z)

Revision as of 07:08, 27 October 2012

(Lossless, for generic data + file archives)

Contents

Compression + archiving

(Multiple files => 1 file, makes it smaller)


Archiving only

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

Compression only

(1 file => 1 file, makes it smaller)

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