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A JAR ("Java archive") file is a package file format typically used to aggregate many Java class files and associated metadata and resources (text, images, etc.) into one file for distribution. [4] JAR files are archive files that include a Java-specific manifest file. They are built on the ZIP format and typically have a .jar file extension. [5]
The .ZIP file format was designed by Phil Katz of PKWARE and Gary Conway of Infinity Design Concepts. The format was created after Systems Enhancement Associates (SEA) filed a lawsuit against PKWARE claiming that the latter's archiving products, named PKARC, were derivatives of SEA's ARC archiving system. [3]
File archivers ZIP TAR GZ BZ2 7z XZ RAR LHA/LZH ACE SIT SITX ARJ KGB DAR ARC CAB ALZ ISO/CD Image ZPAQ Special 7-Zip: Yes Yes Yes [b] Yes [b] Yes Yes [b] No No No No No No No No No No No No No ALZip [c] Yes Yes Yes Yes No Unknown No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Unknown No Archive Manager: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No [d] Yes Unknown Un ...
zip aar apk docx epub ipa jar kmz maff msix odp ods odt pk3 pk4 pptx usdz vsdx xlsx xpi: zip file format and formats based on it, such as EPUB, JAR, ODF, OOXML: 52 61 72 21 1A 07 00: Rar!␚␇␀ 0 rar Roshal ARchive compressed archive v1.50 onwards [23] 52 61 72 21 1A 07 01 00: Rar!␚␇␁␀ 0 rar Roshal ARchive compressed archive v5.00 ...
A file which was "squeezed" had the middle initial of the name changed to "Q", so that a squeezed text file would end with .TQT, a squeezed executable would end with .CQM or .EQE. Typically used with .LBR archives, either by storing the squeezed files in the archive, or by storing the files decompressed and then compressing the archive, which ...
A ZIP file may contain one or more files or directories that may have been compressed. The ZIP file format permits a number of compression algorithms , though DEFLATE is the most common. This format was originally created in 1989 and was first implemented in PKWARE, Inc. 's PKZIP utility, [2] as a replacement for the previous ARC compression ...
WinRAR is a trialware file archiver utility, developed by Eugene Roshal of win.rar GmbH. It can create and view archives in RAR or ZIP file formats, [6] and unpack numerous archive file formats.
7-Zip is a free and open-source file archiver, a utility used to place groups of files within compressed containers known as "archives". It is developed by Igor Pavlov and was first released in 1999. [2] 7-Zip has its own archive format called 7z introduced in 2001, [12] but can read and write several others.