Infobox Software name WinRAR logo File WinRAR Logo.png screenshot File WinRAR screenshot.png 300px caption WinRAR 4.00 in Windows 7 developer Eugene Roshal , Alexander Roshal released 1995 RAR was released in 1993. But WinRAR was released in 1995. frequently updated yes programming language C operating ... www.rarlab.com br Secondary http www.win rar.com www.win rar.com WinRAR is a shareware file archiver .... ref http groups.google.com group fido7.rar.support msg 8205725b02a2be76?pli 1 WinRAR 3.40 release notes by Eugene Roshal ru icon ref Features WinRAR supports the following features Complete support for RAR file format RAR WinRAR native conversion format and ZIP file format ZIP archives, and unpacking ... by old versions of WinRAR. Since version 3.50, WinRAR adds support for interface Skin computing skins ... XP x64 . ref cite web url http www.win rar.com index.php?id 24&kb 1&kb article id 191 title WinRAR download and support. WinRAR is a powerful Windows tool to compress and decompress zip, rar and many ... 3.60, WinRAR includes a Thread computer science multithreaded version of the compression algorithm ... core , or Hyper threading enabled Central processing unit CPUs . Since version 3.70, WinRAR features support for Windows Vista . ref cite web url http www.win rar.com 447.html title WinRAR download and support. WinRAR is a powerful Windows tool to compress and decompress zip, rar and many other formats WinRAR 3.70 beta 1 Released publisher Win rar.com date 2007 01 10 accessdate 2009 07 01 ref Since ... url http www.rarlab.com title WinRAR archiver, a powerful tool to process RAR and ZIP files publisher Rarlab.com date accessdate 2009 07 01 ref Since version 3.90, WinRAR adds support 64 bit 64 bit ... ref cite web url http www.rarlab.com rarnew.htm title WinRAR archiver, a powerful tool to process ... Windows version required is Windows 2000 . ref http www.rarlab.com rarnew.htm WinRAR 4.00 Release Notes ref Awards Expand section date January 2011 WinRAR has been nominated for the Epsilon Award Epsilon ... more details
Summary Non free use rationale Article WinRAR Description WinRAR 3.93 s interface. Source Screenshot taken by uploader. Portion WinRAR components, Microsoft Windows shell components. Low resolution No Purpose To illustrate the article and identify the subject of the image that is critically discussed by the article. Replaceability None Other information Licensing Non free software screenshot Screenshots of Windows software ... more details
Summary logo fur REQUIRED Article WinRAR Use Infobox HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Source The image is from the WinRAR program. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Used for Owner Alexander Roshal Website History Commentary OVERRIDE FIELDS Description Portion Low resolution Purpose Replaceability other information Licensing Non free computer icon Non free logo Software logos ... more details
http www.buyrar.com Prices.asp?Type License Quotation Neither RAR binary code, WinRAR binary ... implemented by developers of Rarlab WinRAR version 2.9 and released in WinRAR version 3.00. Many ... software WinRAR , RAR, and software that has permission from the licensor Alexander Roshal ... Classic with RAR support for this platform. WinRAR Main WinRARWinRAR is commercial software or 40 ... write modern RAR files RAR version 3 . WinRAR s command line equivalent, RAR, is also commercial software ... archiver archiver , known as WinRAR , is distributed as trialware, requiring payment after 40 days ... rar add.htm WinRAR and RAR archiver addons ref the license makes the plug in source available but not free ... is a free of charge dynamic link library DLL that can be downloaded from the official WinRAR ... comp.cgi?winrar 3.93 m3 pigz 2.1.4 5 title WinRAR vs zip ref 7z s LZMA algorithm reaches ...?winrar 3.93 m5 7 zip 9.12b mx 20 md48m title WinRAR vs 7 Zip ref Other free compression software such as NanoZip and FreeArc usually outperform WinRAR. ref cite web url http compressionratings.com comp.cgi?winrar 3.93 m5 freearc 0.60 mex3 freearc 0.60 mex5 nanozip 0.07a m.5g 20 cD nanozip 0.07a m.5g 20 cO title WinRAR vs FreeArc vs NanoZip ref Optional creation of recovery volumes .rev files with redundancy ... www.win rar.com index.php?id 24&kb article id 162 RAR File format by WinRAR http www.lampdocs.com ... more details
compressor bsc and WinRAR . ref name compressioncomparison cite web url http compressionratings.com ... accessdate 2009 09 30 ref It works faster than WinRAR and 7zip. ref name golem de icon cite web ... more details
File Spanning is a term used to describe the ability to package a single file or data stream into separate files of a specified size. It also implies the ability to re combine the package files back into the original file or data stream. This is useful when saving large files onto smaller volumes or breaking large files up into smaller files for network messages of limited size email, newsgroups . It also allows the creation of parity file s such as parity archive PAR to verify and restore missing or corrupted package files. Sometimes the file spanning process is hidden as a secondary operation such as with file archivers . In this case, many smaller files are first packaged into a data stream and then repackaged into a multi file archive. File Spanning Software Hundreds or thousands of file spanning utilities are available for nearly every OS and platform. Below are a few examples PKZip WinZip RAR WinRAR PAR Parchive Category Storage software ... more details
Infobox person name Eugene Roshal image residence known WinRAR website employer occupation Computer Programmer nationality Russians Russian alma mater South Ural State University former Chelyabinsk Technical University , Faculty of Electronics birth date Birth date and age 1972 3 10 df yes birth place Chelyabinsk , Soviet Union USSR Eugene Roshal lang ru , Yevgenii Lazarevich Roshal is a Russian Software engineering software engineer best known as developer of FAR Manager FAR file manager 1996 2000 RAR file format 1993 WinRAR file archiver The RAR compression algorithm is officially owned by his elder brother Alexander, because Eugene Roshal has no time to concern himself with software development and copyright related issues at the same time. ref http groups.google.com group fido7.rar.support msg 8205725b02a2be76?pli 1 ref See also Igor Pavlov programmer Igor Pavlov References Reflist Biography and product timeline based on The Compression Project web page http www.compression.ru arctest descript roshal.htm Russian language interview with E. Roshal accessed 12 January 2010 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Roshal, Eugene ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 10 March 1972 PLACE OF BIRTH Chelyabinsk , Soviet Union USSR DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Roshal, Eugene Category 1972 births Category Living people Category Russian Jews Category Russian programmers Category Russian inventors Category South Ural State University alumni Compu bio stub bn cs Jevgenij Ro al de Jewgeni Lasarewitsch Roschal id Eugene Roshal ru , sl Jevgenij Lazarevi Ro al uk ... more details
Unrar is the name of two different command line applications for extracting RAR file format RAR archive format archives . RARLAB UnRAR This version of UnRAR is distributed by RARLAB, the makers of the commercial WinRAR archivers. It can extract newer RAR3 archives not supported by GNA s version. GNA UnRAR This free software version of UnRAR is based on an old version of RARLAB s UnRAR with permission from author Eugene Roshal. ref name unrarlib http www.unrarlib.org faq.html Frequently Asked Questions . UniquE RAR File Library. Accessed 12 October 2010. ref It is licensed under the GPL . It does not support the RAR3 format. ref name unrarlib References references External links http www.rarlab.com rar add.htm RARLAB s UnRAR source and binaries http home.gna.org unrar GNA s UnRAR http www.unrarlib.org unrarlib a GPL library for decoding RAR version 2 archives based on the Roshal s code http download.cnet.com Free RAR Extract Frog 3000 2250 4 10804840.html Free RAR Extract Frog a freeware tool using the dll library for decoding RAR archives http www.philipp winterberg.de software rarzilla free unrar.php RarZilla a freeware decompression tool for RAR archives http nunrar.codeplex.com NUnrar a pure C Sharp programming language C implementation of UnRAR. Category Free data compression software Category Linux archivers and compression related utilities es Unrar ... more details
ARJ A rchived by R obert J ung is a software tool designed by Robert K. Jung for creating high efficiency data compression compressed file archives. ARJ is currently on version 2.85 for DOS and 3.15 for Windows and supports 16 bit and 32 bit Intel architectures. ARJ http www.arjsoftware.com was one of two mainstream archivers for DOS and Microsoft Windows Windows during early and mid 90s, with PKZIP being its competition. Parts of ARJ were covered by US patent 5140321 . Generally ARJ was less popular than PKZIP, but it did enjoy a niche market during the Bulletin board system BBS era and in the warez scene. This was largely due to ARJ s creation and handling of multi volume archives archives which are split into smaller files which are then suitable for dial up transfers and floppy disk floppy distribution being more robust than PKZIP s. In recent times, other alternatives to the ZIP archive, such as WinRAR have surpassed ARJ in market share the lack of an official graphical version may have contributed to ARJ s decline. See also JAR software JAR , an archiver by the same author List of archive formats List of file archivers Comparison of file archivers External links http www.arjsoftware.com ARJ Software Inc. http www.bbsdocumentary.com software IBM DOS VBBS hognet.txt A brief overview of the HOGnet http arj.sourceforge.net Open Source version of the ARJ archiver Compression Software Implementations Category Archive formats Category Free data compression software storage software stub ca ARJ cs ARJ de ARJ es ARJ fr ARJ logiciel ko ARJ it Arj ka ARJ nl ARJ pl ARJ pt ARJ ru ARJ sk ARJ s borov form t sr ARJ zh ARJ ... more details
Nagware also known as begware , annoyware or a nagscreen is a type of shareware that reminds or nags the user to register it by paying a fee. It usually does this by popping up a message when the user starts the program, or intermittently while the user is using the application. These messages can appear as windows obscuring part of the screen, or as dialog box message boxes that can quickly be closed. Some nagware keeps the message up for a certain time period, forcing the user to wait to continue to use the program. The intent is generally that the user will register or buy the program to get rid of the trial version s annoyance. Examples of nagware are Spotify , WinRAR , WinZip , mIRC , BitDefender 2009 Free Edition, AVG software AVG , Avira , Norton Internet Security and Snood video game Snood . Some of these programs pop up a window after their trial period is up telling the user to buy the program or for WGA, to install a genuine copy of Microsoft Windows Windows . LimeWire or Avira security software Antivir similarly reminds the user to update to the Pro version, although the free version is not just a free trial. See also Shareware Damaged good Crippleware Freeware References refbegin cite paper url http scholar.google.com scholar?num 100&hl en&lr &q cache ilGm3wXPyJAJ hercule.csci.unt.edu ian pubs dags95g.pdf Nagware title The Internet and the Aspiring Games Programmer author Ian Parberry date March 5, 1997 publisher University of North Texas refend software distribution Category Software licenses cs Nagware de Nagware es Nagware fr Harceliciel ko nl Nagware pl Nagware pt Nagware ru Nagware fi Nagware zh ... more details
Infobox Software name WinAce screenshot Image WinAce screenshot.png 250px caption WinAce version 2.69 developer e merge GmbH latest release version 2.69 latest release date release date and age 2007 11 23 operating system Microsoft Windows Windows , DOS , read only Linux , Mac OS X genre File archiver license Proprietary software Proprietary website http www.winace.com www.winace.com WinAce is an file archiver archiving program for Microsoft Windows Windows with its own ACE file format ACE compressed archive format and built in support for other common List of archive formats archive formats types such as ZIP, RAR and MS CAB. . They also offer a freeware but not free software command line decompression including listing and testing program called Unace for Mac OS X and Linux . WinAce peaked in popularity around 2000, but since fallen in popularity to WinRAR and Windows built in Zip functionality Fact date February 2008 . Beginning with version 2.65, WinAce is bundled with the WhenU adware program. Commandline version image ace.png thumb left Commandline ACE for DOS There is a text based version for DOS called Commandline ACE . In addition to the ACE format, it has built in support for other common archive format types such as ARJ, RAR, ZIP, and partially LZH. Program distribution contains both Commandline ACE and UnACE decompressor. Both programs are in versions for DOS, OS 2 and Windows, and has support for Long File Names. Despite its name, Commandline ACE contains full fledged Norton Commander like interface and can be run both in commandline and fullscreen mode. UnACE can be run only in commandline mode. Commandline ACE can be used for file manipulation, similar to that existing in Norton Commander. See also List of file archivers Comparison of file archivers External links http www.winace.com Official WinAce site Compression Software Implementations Category Windows compression software Category Adware it WinAce pt WinAce ru WinAce fi WinAce sv WinAce vi WinAce ... more details
Notability date May 2010 This is a list of commonly used Microsoft Windows menus . Microsoft menus Most Recently Used menu Most Recently Used MRU is a term used in computing to refer to the list of programs or documents that were last accessed. It is a feature of convenience allowing users to quickly see and access the last few used files and documents, but could also be considered bad in terms of privacy. Properties menu In Microsoft Windows , a properties page is a panel of information in the file properties dialogue accessed from the File Menu computing menu , context menu , or by typing alt Enter, or alt Double click computing double click ing. It can be a built in feature of Windows Explorer for example, the file sharing page , or created by a shell extension for example http www.mutschler.de mp3ext MP3ext or WinRAR Deleted image removed Image Systemmenu.JPG thumbnail right The default system menu in Windows XP System menu The system menu also called the window menu or control menu is a popup menu in Microsoft Windows , accessible by left Point and click click ing on the upper left icon computing icon of most windows, or by pressing the Alt and Space keys. This menu provides the user with the ability to perform some common tasks on the window, some in atypical ways. For example, normally a user would move a window by dragging the title bar of the window but with the option in the system menu the user gets a different cursor and procedure to move the window with. Some applications customize the system menu, typically through the GetSystemMenu WinAPI function. ref cite web url http msdn.microsoft.com library default.asp?url library en us winui winui windowsuserinterface resources menus menureference menufunctions getsystemmenu.asp title GetSystemMenu API documentation on MSDN accessdate 2006 05 24 ref Cmd.exe is an example of this and offers the user an ability to change its preferences through its system menu other applications typically offer the user to change ... more details
Infobox file format name APK icon extension tt .apk tt mime application vnd.android.package archive type code uniform type owner genre package management system , file archive container for software package installation software package contained by extended from JAR file format JAR extended to standard An .apk file extension denotes an Android operating system Android Package APK file. This file format, a variant of the JAR file format JAR format , is used for distributing and installing bundled components onto the Android operating system. ref http sites.google.com site io inside the android application framework Google video that discusses APK ref ref http openhandsetmagazine.com 2008 01 tips how to install apk files on android emulator Instructions on installing APK files onto the developer Android emulator ref An APK file is an archive that usually contains the following folders tt META INF tt tt res tt and files tt AndroidManifest.xml tt tt classes.dex tt tt resources.arsc tt An .apk file can be opened and inspected using common archive tools such as 7 Zip , WinZip , WinRAR and Ark software Ark . The Internet media type MIME media type for .apk is application vnd.android.package archive . ref http androidguys.com ?p 2235 Developer description of MIME type for .apk ref References reflist compu storage stub Category Android operating system es APK formato it APK formato di file nl APK bestandsformaat ru .apk ... more details
39.00 Plus Proprietary rh WinRAR Eugene Roshal Alexander Roshal start date and age 1993 Latest stable software release WinRAR Nonfree Free expander 29 ref http www.rarlab.com shop2rarlab.php?prod winrarWinRAR and RAR support site Bot generated title ref Proprietary rh WinZip WinZip Computing ... 4 no no no unk rh WinRAR yes Ref label os 7zip 1 1 yes partial Command line interface Ref label os winrar 5 partial X86 and x86 64 , Command line interface Ref label os winrar 5 partial Command line interface Ref label os winrar 5 partial Command line interface Ref label os winrar 5 no yes rh WinZip ... are called Unace, do not have the same GUI , and can only perform decompression. note os winrar ... WinRAR yes yes yes yes yes yes Ref label features WinRAR 3 yes yes Ref label winrar 7z 6 yes yes rh ... features WinRAR Allows adding a variable amount of redundancy information theory redundancy for much ... file format have support for Unicode filenames. note winrar 7z In WinRAR 3.60, when opening 7 Zip ... yes ARC yes CAB no ALZ no ISO CD Image yes rh WinRAR ZIP yes TAR yes UHA no GZ yes BZ BZ2 yes 7z yes ... no DAR unk ARC unk CAB yes ALZ unk ISO CD Image yes rh WinRAR ZIP yes TAR no gzip no bzip2 no 7z ... tugzip Requires rar.exe from WinRAR. note writing winzip Requires external program. http www.winzip.com ... more details
VGM V ideo G ame M usic is an audio format for multiple video game platforms, such as Sega s Sega Master System Master System , Sega Game Gear Game Gear , Sega Mega Drive Sega Genesis Mega Drive Genesis , SG 1000 Mark III , and possibly many others in the future. It is also used by the ProSonic game engine. ref cite web url http info.sonicretro.org ProSonic title ProSonic accessdate 2009 02 08 publisher info.sonicretro.org ref The normal filename extension is .vgm , but files can also be Gzip compressed into .vgz files. Technically, .vgz files should be named .vgm.gz , but because some popular operating system s file manager s cannot handle file name suffixes that themselves contain a dot, .vgz is used in order to launch a VGM player eg. Winamp with the proper Plug in computing plugin and not a data compression program such as WinZip or WinRAR . On November 20, 2005, VGM 1.50 was officially announced, and a new version of the input plugin released. The new version of the format now supports pulse code modulation PCM Optimization computer science optimization for the Yamaha YM2612 sound chip , which makes sound files using the chip a lot smaller sometimes with over 75 of size reduction. The first YM2612 VGM archive, Project 2612, optimized all of its packages soon after. See also Chiptune References reflist External links http www.smspower.org Music VGMFileFormat?from Development.VGMFormat VGM File Format Official specifications http www.chipamp.org Chipamp Winamp plug in bundle compiled by OverClocked ReMix allowing playback of over 40 chiptune and tracker formats http audacious media player.org Audacious Media Player Audacious Media Player is capable of playing VGM files out of the box on Linux Unix systems. A patch from http www.slack.net ant libs audio.html Game Music Emu this webpage is required to enable playback of VGM files that utilize the YM2413 synthesizer, and PSG Master System and Mega Drive Genesis VGMs are known to work with or without the patch. http ... more details
unreferenced date January 2011 A file archiver is a computer program that combines a number of computer file files together into one archive file , or a series of archive file, for easier transportation or storage. Many file archivers employ archive format s that provide lossless data compression to reduce the size of the archive which is often useful for transferring a large number of individual files over a high latency network like the Internet. The most basic archivers just take a list of files and concatenate their contents sequentially into the archive. In addition the archive must also contain some information about at least the names and lengths of the originals, so that proper reconstruction is possible. Most archivers also store metadata about a file that the operating system provides, such as timestamps, ownership and access control. The process of making an archive file is called archiving or packing . Reconstructing the original files from the archive is termed unarchiving , unpacking or extracting . Discussion Unix Archiver Tools Unlike integrated archival and compression tools like PKZIP , WinZip , and WinRAR , the Unix tools ar Unix ar , tar file format tar , cpio for archiver , tape archiver and copy in out respectively act as archivers but not compressors. Users of the Unix tools typically add compression by compressing the result of packing and uncompressing before unpacking , most often using the gzip or bzip2 programs. Modern tar programs can automatically invoke a de compression program, giving the appearance that tar itself handles compression and decompression. This approach has two advantages It follows the Unix philosophy Unix toolbox concept that each program should accomplish a single, well done task, as opposed to attempting to accomplish everything with one tool. As compression technology progresses, users may use different compression programs without having to modify or abandon their archiver. The archives use solid compression . Unli ... more details
morefootnotes date February 2011 Infobox Software name TUGZip screenshot Deleted image removed Image TUGZip screenshot.png 250px deletable image caption 1 Tuesday, 5 May 2009 caption TUGZip 3.2 under Windows developer Christian Kindahl known pseudonym latest release version 3.5.0.0 If you update this, don t forget to update Comparison of file archivers latest release date release date 2008 04 02 operating system Microsoft Windows genre File archiver license Proprietary software Proprietary Freeware website http www.tugzip.com www.tugzip.com TUGZip is a freeware file archiver for Microsoft Windows . It handles a great variety of List of archive formats archive formats , including some of the commonly used ones like ZIP file format zip , RAR rar , Gzip File format gzip , bzip2 , SQX sqx and 7z . It can also view disk image files like BIN, C2D, IMG, ISO image ISO and Nero Burning ROM NRG . Since the release of TUGZip 3.5.0.0, development has been suspended due to lack of time from Kindahl s side. ref http www.tugzip.com index.php?page news ref Supported formats TUGZip supports the following file formats Disc images Disk image .BIN.2F.CUE BIN , C2D, Disk image .IMG IMG , ISO image ISO , NRG file format NRG File archives 7z 7z 7 zip , A, ACE file format ACE Extraction only compression and other features can be added via WinAce Ace32.exe , ARC file format ARC , ARJ , BH, Bzip2 File format BZ2 , Cabinet file format CAB , cpio CPIO , deb file format DEB , GCA file format GCA , gzip GZ , IMP Modern uses IMP , JAR file format JAR , LHA file format LHA LZH , Lib LIB , RAR file format RAR Extraction only compression can be added via WinRAR rar.exe , RPM Package Manager RPM , SQX , tar file format TAR , TAZ, Bzip2 File format TBZ , gzip TGZ , YZ1, ZIP file format ZIP , Zoo file format ZOO See also List of file archivers Comparison of file archivers InfraRecorder An open source software from the same author References Reflist Alex Muradin 1 December 2005 , http www.softpedia.com ... more details
and Windows IZArc iZarc2go , Portable version of iZarc WinRAR , Portable version for Windows, still requires having a license for a regular version of WinRAR. The version number for WinRAR Unplugged is 3.8.0.1, while the latest WinRAR for Windows version is 3.90. PDF Tools see also List of PDF ... more details
unreferenced date May 2010 A self extracting archive SFX for short is a computer application software application which contains a archive file file archive , as well as programming to extract this information. Such file archives do not require a second executable file or program to extract from the archive, as archive files usually require. The files in an archive can thus be extracted by anyone, whether they possess the appropriate decompression program or not, as long as the program can run on their computer platform . The original purpose for the self extracting archive was to allow the distribution of tools for extracting and adding member files to an archive file. The situation otherwise, in effect, represents a chicken and egg problem in order to use an archive file, the user requires a de archiver program, which they have to be able to get onto their computer. If the de archiver program was simply a single executable with no other files, it would be possible to simply download that one file, then execute it. But if the means to unarchive files required, say, an executable program and several libraries, there would be no way to obtain them as a single download or executable which could be installed unless the unarchiver program itself along with accompanying files were a self extracting archive. Several programs can create self extracting archives. For Microsoft Windows Windows there is WinZip , WinRAR , 7 Zip , KGB Archiver , and the built in IExpress wizard. For Macintosh there is StuffIt , The Unarchiver , and 7zX. There are also programs that create self extracting archives on Unix as shell scripts which utilizes programs like tar and gzip which must be present in destination system . Other like 7 Zip or RAR can create self extracting archives as regular executables in Executable and linkable format ELF format. An early example of a self extracting archive was the Unix shar archive, in which one or more text files were combined into a shell script that wh ... more details
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