List of archive formats

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This is a list of formats used in archiving and data compression.

7z, see also the 7-zip website (http://www.7-zip.org).
ace, a proprietary format.
ar, the classic Unix non-compressing archiving format.
ARJ, and its successor JAR (not to be confused with jar, i.e. Java 'ARchive files), see also the website of ARJ Software, Inc. (http://www.arjsoft.com/)
Bzip2, extension '.bz2'; see also the Bzip2 website (http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2/)
CAB, the Microsoft Windows native archive format.
Compress, extension '.Z'; format used in Unix, mostly superseded by GZip.
cpio, see also the GNU cpio website (http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/cpio.html).
deb, the Debian Linux package format.
DGCA, extension .dgc
GCA, predecessor of DGCA.
GZip, extension '.gz'; the usual format for distributing Unix files is '.tar.gz'.
LHA, extension '.lzh'; the Amiga standard format.
RAR, a proprietary format.
RPM, a widespread Linux package format.
shar, a Unix self-extracting shell archive format.
sea, an Apple Macintosh self-extracting shell archive format.
Stuffit, extension '.sit' a (mainly) Apple_Macintosh compression format.
tar, a format for archiving files without compressing. Compression is usually subsequently applied using gzip or bzip2.
zip, the most widely used compressed format in the IBM PC world. Also the format used for jar, i.e. Java ARchive files.

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