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A filename extension is a suffix to the name of a computer file applied to show its format. ... The archiver (also known simply as ar) is a UNIX utility that maintains groups of files as a single archive file. ... CPIO is both the name of a binary utility, and a form of digital archive. ... It has been suggested that Traditional Unix be merged into this article or section. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The title of this article is capitalised in error due to a technical restriction of MediaWiki. ... BSD redirects here; for other uses see BSD (disambiguation). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... In computing, the tar (file) format (derived from tape archive) is a type of archive bitstream or file format. ... Sixth Edition Unix (also known as V6 Unix) was the first version of Unix to see wide release outside Bell Labs. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 7z is a compressed archive file format that supports several different data compression, encryption and pre-processing filters. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... ARC is a file format by SEA (System Enhancement Associates) that was very popular before Phil Katzs introduction of the ZIP format. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ARJ is a tool for creating compressed file archives. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In computing, CAB is the Microsoft Windows native compressed archive format. ... Microsoft is one of few companies engaging itself in the console wars Where they are up against sony, nintendo, and of course sharps new console which may cause a threat. ... A typical Windows 3. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Compact Pro is a software data compression utility for archiving and compressing files on the Apple Macintosh platform. ... Dar is an excellent archiving tool which can completely replace tar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... In computing, the tar (file) format (derived from tape archive) is a type of archive bitstream or file format. ... In computing, DGCA is a freeware compression utility created in 2001 by Shin-ichi Tsuruta (鶴田真一, Shin-ichi Tsuruta). ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In computing, GCA is a freeware compression utility created in 2000 by Shin-ichi Tsuruta. ... In computing, a Jar file (short for Java archive) is a ZIP file used to distribute a set of Java classes. ... Sun Microsystems, Inc. ... PKZIP is an archiving tool originally written by the late Phil Katz, and marketed by his company PKWARE, Inc. ... LHA is a freeware compression utility and associated file format. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... LZX is the name of an LZ77 family compression algorithm. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... LZ77 and LZ78 are the names for the two lossless data compression algorithms published in papers by Abraham Lempel and Jacob Ziv in 1977 and 1978. ... A file with the extension . ... Apple Inc. ... System 7 (codenamed Big Bang) was a version of Mac OS, the operating system of the Apple Macintosh computer. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... PAQ is a series of open source data compression archivers that have evolved through collaborative development to top rankings on several benchmarks measuring compression ratio (although at the expense of speed and memory usage). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Quadruple D (which stands for Do the DirectDraw with Delphi) is a DirectX library for Delphi developed by a Japanese programmer named SANDMAN. It has become the de-facto graphics library for Japanese PC games written in Delphi. ... REDIRECT RAR (file format) ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... WinRK is a commercial file archiver program for Microsoft Windows. ... StuffIt is a family of software utilities for archiving and compressing files on the Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows and Linux platforms: it was originally produced for the Macintosh and remains common on that platform. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The ZIP file format is a popular data compression and archival format. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... DEFLATE is a lossless data compression algorithm that uses a combination of the LZ77 algorithm and Huffman coding. ... deb is the extension of the Debian software package format and the most often used name for such binary packages. ... Debian, created by the Debian Project, is a widely used distribution of free software developed through the collaboration of volunteers from around the world. ... The archiver (also known simply as ar) is a UNIX utility that maintains groups of files as a single archive file. ... In computing, the tar (file) format (derived from tape archive) is a type of archive bitstream or file format. ... gzip is short for GNU zip, a GNU free software replacement for the Unix compress program. ... Installer is an application included in Mac OS X which extracts and installs files out of . ... NeXT Software, Inc. ... NEXTSTEP is the original object-oriented, multitasking operating system that NeXT Computer, Inc. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The RPM Logo RPM Package Manager (originally Red Hat Package Manager, abbreviated RPM) is a package management system. ... Red Hat Linux was a popular Linux distribution assembled by Red Hat until the early 2000s, when it was discontinued. ... 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. ... Slackware was one of the earliest Linux distributions, and is the oldest distribution still being maintained. ... In computing, the tar (file) format (derived from tape archive) is a type of archive bitstream or file format. ... gzip is short for GNU zip, a GNU free software replacement for the Unix compress program. ... The Windows Installer (previously known as Microsoft Installer, codename Darwin) is an engine for the installation, maintenance, and removal of software on modern Microsoft Windows systems. ... Microsoft is one of few companies engaging itself in the console wars Where they are up against sony, nintendo, and of course sharps new console which may cause a threat. ... Windows 2000 (also referred to as Win2K) is a preemptible, interruptible, graphical and business-oriented operating system that is designed to work with either uniprocessor or symmetric multi-processor 32-bit Intel x86 computers. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

See also

• Comparison of compression algorithms
• Comparison of file archivers
• Comparison of file systems

• List of archive formats
• List of file archivers
• List of file systems