![]() RAR (Roshal Archive), named after its developer Eugene Roshal, is one of the most popular file compression formats. A file with RAR extension is a compressed file containing more than one file or folders. You can consider a RAR file as a briefcase containing other files and folders. RAR files can only be opened with special software that extracts the content of the file for you to use them. If you don’t have a RAR extractor software (more on it below), you cannot view the content contained in it. PeaZip is a great tool, but we still recommend 7-Zip overall. ZIP is another popular archive format used widely on the internet. ZIP files, like other archive file formats, store files and folders in a compressed format. One of the advantages of using ZIP format is that ZIP files can be opened without any external software. Most operating systems, including macOS and Windows, have in-built zip file opener software. 7z – A File Archive Format Offering High Compression ratioħz is an open-source file archive format that offers high compression ratio and uses LZMA as its default compression method. 7z format supports compressing files up to 16000000000 GB. ![]() On the downside, it also requires additional software to uncompress the file. 7z file format can be uncompressed using 7-zip or other third-party software. LZMA or Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm is an algorithm that is used for lossless data compression. TAR – Most Popular File Archive Format In Unix 7z format was the first file archive format that used LZMA. TAR is the short form of Tape Archive which is also referred to as Tarball sometimes. It is a popular file archive format in Linux and Unix systems. There are multiple third-party tools available to open Tar files. ![]() Alternatively, there are many online tools also available to extract the contents of a TAR file. Compared to other formats, TAR can be considered as a bundle of uncompressed archive files. WinRAR is one of the most popular file compression tools developed by the developer behind the RAR file extension. It is popularly used to compress and decompress RAR and ZIP files. It can also be used to unpack the contents of other file extensions like 7z, ZIPX, and TAR. It is a premium software that comes with a free trial. It is a Windows-based software and is not available for Mac. WinZip, as evident from the name, is used to process ZIP files amongst other file archive formats. It is one of the most popular WinRAR alternatives and is used by many owing to its simple drag and drop interface and usability. When we compare WinRAR and WinZIP, the latter is feature-rich and is also available for different operating systems as compared to WinRAR. WinZip is also a premium software with a free trial of 40 days. 7-Zipħ-Zip is a relatively new file compression tool. It is based on an open-source architecture and has a high compression ratio.
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