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File archiver

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A file archiver is a computer program that combines a number of files together into one archive file, or a series of archive files, for easier transportation or storage. [1]

30 relations: Access control list, Ar (Unix), Archive file, Burrows–Wheeler transform, Bzip2, Command-line interface, Comparison of archive formats, Comparison of file archivers, Compatible Time-Sharing System, Computer file, Computer program, Cpio, DEFLATE, File attribute, Filename extension, Graphical user interface, Gzip, List of archive formats, Lossless compression, Metadata, Microsoft Windows, Multics, Solid compression, Tar (computing), Timestamping (computing), Unix, Unix philosophy, WinRAR, Xz, 7-Zip.

Access control list

An access control list (ACL), with respect to a computer file system, is a list of permissions attached to an object.

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Ar (Unix)

The archiver, also known simply as ar, is a Unix utility that maintains groups of files as a single archive file.

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Archive file

An archive file is a file that is composed of one or more computer files along with metadata........

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Burrows–Wheeler transform

The Burrows–Wheeler transform (BWT, also called block-sorting compression) rearranges a character string into runs of similar characters.

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Bzip2

bzip2 is a free and open-source file compression program that uses the Burrows–Wheeler algorithm.

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Command-line interface

A command-line interface or command language interpreter (CLI), also known as command-line user interface, console user interface and character user interface (CUI), is a means of interacting with a computer program where the user (or client) issues commands to the program in the form of successive lines of text (command lines).

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Comparison of archive formats

There are many popular computer data archive formats for creating and maintaining archive files.

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Comparison of file archivers

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of file archivers.

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Compatible Time-Sharing System

The Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS), was one of the first time-sharing operating systems; it was developed at the MIT Computation Center.

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Computer file

A computer file is a computer resource for recording data discretely in a computer storage device.

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Computer program

A computer program is a collection of instructions for performing a specific task that is designed to solve a specific class of problems.

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Cpio

cpio is a general file archiver utility and its associated file format.

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DEFLATE

In computing, Deflate is a lossless data compression algorithm and associated file format that uses a combination of the LZ77 algorithm and Huffman coding.

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File attribute

File attributes are metadata associated with computer files that define file system behavior.

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Filename extension

A filename extension is an identifier specified as a suffix to the name of a computer file.

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Graphical user interface

The graphical user interface (GUI), is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation, instead of text-based user interfaces, typed command labels or text navigation.

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Gzip

gzip is a file format and a software application used for file compression and decompression.

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List of archive formats

This is a list of file formats used by archivers and compressors used to create archive files.

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Lossless compression

Lossless compression is a class of data compression algorithms that allows the original data to be perfectly reconstructed from the compressed data.

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Metadata

Metadata is "data that provides information about other data".

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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a group of several graphical operating system families, all of which are developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.

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Multics

Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) is an influential early time-sharing operating system, based around the concept of a single-level memory.

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Solid compression

In computing, solid compression is a method for data compression of multiple files, wherein all the uncompressed files are concatenated and treated as a single data block.

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Tar (computing)

In computing, tar is a computer software utility for collecting many files into one archive file, often referred to as a tarball, for distribution or backup purposes.

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Timestamping (computing)

In computing timestamping refers to the use of an electronic timestamp to provide a temporal order among a set of events.

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Unix

Unix (trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multiuser computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, development starting in the 1970s at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others.

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Unix philosophy

The Unix philosophy, originated by Ken Thompson, is a set of cultural norms and philosophical approaches to minimalist, modular software development.

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WinRAR

WinRAR is a trialware file archiver utility for Windows, developed by Eugene Roshal of win.rar GmbH.

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Xz

xz is a lossless compression program and file format which incorporates the LZMA/LZMA2 compression algorithms.

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7-Zip

7-Zip is a free and open-source file archiver, a utility used to place groups of files within compressed containers known as "archives".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_archiver

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