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| − | '''7-Zip''' is a free, open source [[software|program]] which compresses information in storage to save drive space and data transfer. Not only is this [[software]] free to private users, it is also free for commercial purposes.<ref name="7-Zip Home>http://www.7-zip.org</ref> This program is authored by Igor Pavlov; he first released 7-Zip on July 18th, 1999. | + | '''7-Zip''' is a free, open source [[software|program]] which compresses information in storage to save drive space and data transfer. Not only is this [[software]] free to private users, it is also free for commercial purposes.<ref name="7-Zip Home">http://www.7-zip.org</ref> This program is authored by Igor Pavlov; he first released 7-Zip on July 18th, 1999. |
==Features== | ==Features== | ||
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*Plugin for FAR Manager | *Plugin for FAR Manager | ||
*Localizations for 87 languages | *Localizations for 87 languages | ||
| − | *7-Zip supports the following [[operating system|Operating Systems]] Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2012, 2008, 2003, 2000, and N.T There is also a port of the command line version to Linux/Unix.<ref name="7-Zip Home>http://www.7-zip.org</ref> | + | *7-Zip supports the following [[operating system|Operating Systems]] Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2012, 2008, 2003, 2000, and N.T There is also a port of the command line version to Linux/Unix.<ref name="7-Zip Home">http://www.7-zip.org</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 15:14, January 15, 2016
7-Zip is a free, open source program which compresses information in storage to save drive space and data transfer. Not only is this software free to private users, it is also free for commercial purposes.[1] This program is authored by Igor Pavlov; he first released 7-Zip on July 18th, 1999.
Features
- Commandline support[2]
- Can compress and decompress 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM formats
- Can decompress (but not compress) AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VMDK, WIM, XAR and Z formats.
- High compression ratio in 7z format with LZMA and LZMA2 compression
- For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
- AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
- Self-extracting option for 7z format (packages as an "exe")
- Plugin for FAR Manager
- Localizations for 87 languages
- 7-Zip supports the following Operating Systems Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2012, 2008, 2003, 2000, and N.T There is also a port of the command line version to Linux/Unix.[1]
References
External Links
7-Zip Website
7-Zip Download Page (Official)
Download 7-Zip (version 15.14) 32-bit - ARCHNET
Download 7-Zip (version 15.14) 32-bit - FileHippo
Download 7-Zip (version 15.14) 64-bit - ARCHNET