BOMArchiveHelper is the default archive file handler in Mac OS X. It is a service application that has no GUI when double-clicked, rather it is invoked by opening its associated files or by choosing "Create archive of 'file'" in the Finder's contextual menu. It is located in /System/Library/CoreServices/BOMArchiveHelper.app. Prior to its inclusion in Mac OS 10.3 most users used StuffIt Expander for almost all archive decompression. Jump to: navigation, search Mac OS X is the latest version of the Macintosh operating system, and is designed and developed by Apple Computer to run on their Macintosh line of personal computers. ... Jump to: navigation, search A graphical user interface (or GUI, sometimes pronounced gooey) is a method of interacting with a computer through a metaphor of direct manipulation of graphical images and widgets in addition to text. ... Mouse properties in GNOME, with a setting for double-click speed A double-click is the act of pressing a computer mouse button twice quickly without moving the mouse. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Finder is the default application program used on the Mac OS and Mac OS X operating systems that is responsible for the overall user-management of files, disks, network volumes and the launching of other applications. ... An example for a context menu taken from the word processor Microsoft Word The term context menu is commonly used for menus which pop up when clicking an item in a graphical user interface, offering a list of options which vary depending on the context of the action, the application... Mac OS X version 10. ... StuffIt Expander is a shareware, closed source data compression software utility developed by Allume Systems (formerly Aladdin Systems) It runs in Mac OS Classic, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux. ...
bzip2 is an open source data compression algorithm and program developed by Julian Seward. ... CPIO is both the name of a binary utility, and a form of digital archive. ... gzip is short for GNU zip, a GNU free software replacement for the Unix compress program. ... Jump to: navigation, search In computing, the tar file format is a type of archive file format: the Tape ARchive format. ... Categories: Disambiguation | Software stubs | Data compression software ... Jump to: navigation, search The ZIP file format is a popular data compression and archival format. ...
The format was originally designed by Phil Katz for PKZIP.
However, many software utilities other than PKZIP itself are now available to create, modify or open ZIP files, notably WinZip, BOMArchiveHelper, PicoZip, Info-ZIP, WinRAR and 7-Zip.
Microsoft has also included minimal ZIP support (under the name "compressed folders") in later versions of its Windows operating system.
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