news
Wednesday, 6 January 2010

7 zip, alternative compressing tool

7 zip, alternative compressing tool7 zip work Compresssing files software that have a high compression ratio in new 7z format with lzma compression, supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, bzip2, Z, TAR, CPIO, RPM, and DEB. Self-extracting capabilities in 7z format, with the windows shell integration, plugin for FAR manage
7-Zip is open source software. Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license. The unRAR code is under a mixed license: GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions.You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip

The main features of 7-Zip

High compression ratio in new 7z format 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


7-Zip works in Windows 7 / Vista / XP / 2008 / 2003 / 2000 / NT / ME / 98. There is a port of the command line version to Linux/Unix. visit the official website at http://www.7-zip.org to get more information and download this application

0 comments:

Post a Comment

 
Toggle Footer