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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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Archive file
An archive file is a file that is composed of one or more computer files along with metadata........
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ASCII
ASCII, abbreviated from American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard for electronic communication.
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Berkeley Software Distribution
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) was a Unix operating system derivative developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) of the University of California, Berkeley, from 1977 to 1995.
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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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Checksum
A checksum is a small-sized datum derived from a block of digital data for the purpose of detecting errors which may have been introduced during its transmission or storage.
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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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Common Development and Distribution License
Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) is a free and open-source software license, produced by Sun Microsystems, based on the Mozilla Public License (MPL).
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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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Compress
compress is a Unix shell compression program based on the LZW compression algorithm.
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Computing
Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computers.
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Cpio
cpio is a general file archiver utility and its associated file format.
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Dar (disk archiver)
dar (disk archive) is a computer program, a command-line archiving tool intended as a replacement for tar in Unix-like operating systems.
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Data compression
In signal processing, data compression, source coding, or bit-rate reduction involves encoding information using fewer bits than the original representation.
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Device file
In Unix-like operating systems, a device file or special file is an interface to a device driver that appears in a file system as if it were an ordinary file.
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Directory (computing)
In computing, a directory is a file system cataloging structure which contains references to other computer files, and possibly other directories.
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Dired
Dired (for Directory Editor) is a computer program for editing file system directories.
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Endianness
Endianness refers to the sequential order in which bytes are arranged into larger numerical values when stored in memory or when transmitted over digital links.
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File Allocation Table
File Allocation Table (FAT) is a computer file system architecture and a family of industry-standard file systems utilizing it.
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File archiver
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.
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File format
A file format is a standard way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file.
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File system
In computing, a file system or filesystem controls how data is stored and retrieved.
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FreeBSD
FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from Research Unix via the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).
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Gigabyte
The gigabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
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GNU
GNU is an operating system and an extensive collection of computer software.
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GNU Emacs
GNU Emacs is the most popular and most ported Emacs text editor.
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Gzip
gzip is a file format and a software application used for file compression and decompression.
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Hard link
In computing, a hard link is a directory entry that associates a name with a file on a file system.
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Header (computing)
In information technology, header refers to supplemental data placed at the beginning of a block of data being stored or transmitted.
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Input/output
In computing, input/output or I/O (or, informally, io or IO) is the communication between an information processing system, such as a computer, and the outside world, possibly a human or another information processing system.
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Jargon File
The Jargon File is a glossary and usage dictionary of slang used by computer programmers.
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Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm
The Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm (LZMA) is an algorithm used to perform lossless data compression.
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Linux
Linux is a family of free and open-source software operating systems built around the Linux kernel.
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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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List of Unix commands
This is a list of Unix commands as specified by IEEE Std 1003.1-2008, which is part of the Single UNIX Specification (SUS).
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Long filename
Long filename (LFN) support is Microsoft's backward compatible extension of the 8.3 filename (short filename) naming scheme used in DOS.
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Lzip
lzip is a free, command-line tool for the compression of data; it employs the Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm (LZMA) with a user interface that is familiar to users of usual Unix compression tools, such as gzip and bzip2.
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Lzop
lzop is a free software file compression tool which implements the LZO algorithm and is licensed under the GPL.
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MacOS
macOS (previously and later) is a series of graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001.
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MASSCOMP
The Massachusetts Computer Corporation (MASSCOMP) was a computer manufacturer based in Westford, Massachusetts.
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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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MS-DOS
MS-DOS (acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft.
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Named pipe
In computing, a named pipe (also known as a FIFO for its behavior) is an extension to the traditional pipe concept on Unix and Unix-like systems, and is one of the methods of inter-process communication (IPC).
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Null character
The null character (also null terminator or null byte), abbreviated NUL, is a control character with the value zero.
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Octal
The octal numeral system, or oct for short, is the base-8 number system, and uses the digits 0 to 7.
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Open-source model
The open-source model is a decentralized software-development model that encourages open collaboration.
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Path (computing)
A path, the general form of the name of a file or directory, specifies a unique location in a file system.
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Pax (Unix)
pax is an archiving utility created by POSIX and defined by the POSIX.1-2001 standard.
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POSIX
The Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) is a family of standards specified by the IEEE Computer Society for maintaining compatibility between operating systems.
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Slash (punctuation)
The slash is an oblique slanting line punctuation mark.
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Software distribution
Software distribution is the process of delivering software to the end user.
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Solaris (operating system)
Solaris is a Unix operating system originally developed by Sun Microsystems.
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Source code
In computing, source code is any collection of code, possibly with comments, written using a human-readable programming language, usually as plain text.
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Space (punctuation)
In writing, a space ( ) is a blank area that separates words, sentences, syllables (in syllabification) and other written or printed glyphs (characters).
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Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. was an American company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services and created the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, ZFS, the Network File System (NFS), and SPARC.
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Symbolic link
In computing, a symbolic link (also symlink or soft link) is a term for any file that contains a reference to another file or directory in the form of an absolute or relative path and that affects pathname resolution.
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Tarball (oil)
A tarball is a blob of petroleum which has been weathered after floating in the ocean.
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Unix-like
A Unix-like (sometimes referred to as UN*X or *nix) operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification.
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Vim (text editor)
Vim ("Vim is pronounced as one word, like Jim, not vi-ai-em. It's written with a capital, since it's a name, again like Jim." a contraction of Vi IMproved) is a clone, with additions, of Bill Joy's vi text editor program for Unix.
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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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Zip (file format)
ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression.
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8.3 filename
An 8.3 filename (also called a short filename or SFN) is a filename convention used by old versions of DOS and versions of Microsoft Windows prior to Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.5.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(computing)
