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RAR Archive

Quick Info

The RAR archiver, developed by Intuitive Vision, is a file archiver with a norton-like user interface, as well as the usual command line operation. As special features, RAR supports so-called "solid" archives with a higher compression rate. Version 2.0 now also supports a "multimedia compression" with best results for multimedia data.

Quick Info:

Name: RAR Archive
Type: Compressed Archive
Extension: RAR
Native Application:
RAR Archiver (Download)
Specification: Included in the RAR documentation
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