7-Zip
Posted by Brian B | Posted in File Compression | Posted on 07-02-2009
Tags: 7-zip, 7zip, compression, download, zip
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7-Zip is a free high compression file archive software. I prefer this over Winzip and WinRAR.
Features include :
- High compression ratio in new 7z with LZMA compression
- Supported formats:
- Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
- Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z.
- For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
- Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
- Self-extracting capability for 7z format
- Integration with Windows Shell
- Powerful File Manager
- Powerful command line version
- Plugin for FAR Manager
- Localizations for 74 languages
- Supports Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista
