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File Format
Name ACE
Ontology
Extension(s) .ace
Wikidata ID Q288256
Released 1997
For another "Ace" format, see Ace Film.

ACE is a compressed archive format. It was originally developed by Marcel Lemke, later by e-merge GmbH.

Related software includes Ace (for DOS, OS/2, and Windows console), UnAce, WinAce, XAce Plus, MacUnace, UnACE.DLL, ActiveACE, ACE Compression Library (ACL). At least one version of UnAce is open source.

Version 2 of the format introduced new compression schemes that are not supported by all ACE decompression software.

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Files have ASCII "**ACE**" at offset 7.

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