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2. Large-file support - Wikipedia

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   Files that were too large for 32-bit operating systems to handle came to be known as large files. While the limit was quite acceptable at a time when hard disks were smaller, the general increase in storage capacity combined with increased server and desktop file usage, especially for database and multimedia files, led to intense pressure for ...

3. ZIP (file format) - Wikipedia

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   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]

4. 7-Zip - Wikipedia

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   The file manager has a toolbar with options to create an archive, extract an archive, test an archive to detect errors, copy, move, and delete files, and open a file properties menu exclusive to 7-Zip. The file manager, by default, displays hidden files because it does not follow Windows Explorer's policies.

5. List of archive formats - Wikipedia

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   The LZMA compression algorithm as used by 7-Zip. .lzo application/x-lzop lzop: Unix-like An implementation of the LZO data compression algorithm. .rz rzip: Unix-like A compression program designed to do particularly well on very large files containing long distance redundancy. .sfark sfArk: Windows compress/decompress- Linux and macOS ...

6. ZIP (file format)

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   The ZIP format was then quickly supported by many software utilities other than PKZIP. Microsoft has included built-in ZIP support (under the name "compressed folders") in versions of Microsoft Windows since 1998 via the "Plus! 98" addon for Windows 98. Native support was added as of the year 2000 in Windows ME.

7. Executable compression - Wikipedia

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   Executable compression used to be more popular when computers were limited to the storage capacity of floppy disks, which were both slow and low capacity media, and small hard drives; it allowed the computer to store more software in the same amount of space, without the inconvenience of having to manually unpack an archive file every time the ...

8. Comparison of file archivers - Wikipedia

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   The operating systems the archivers can run on without emulation or compatibility layer. Ubuntu's own GUI Archive manager, for example, can open and create many archive formats (including Rar archives) even to the extent of splitting into parts and encryption and ability to be read by the native program.

9. WinZip - Wikipedia

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   WinZip 1.0 was released in April 1991 as a graphical user interface (GUI) front-end for PKZIP. [5]Former WinZip icon. From version 6.0 until version 9.0, registered users could download the newest versions of the software, enter their original registration information or install over the top of their existing registered version, and thereby obtain a free upgrade.