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Archive file - Wikipedia

Archive file

An archive file stores the content of one or more computer files, possibly compressed and/or encrypted, with associated metadata such as file name, directory structure, error detection and correction information, and commentary. An archive file is often used to facilitate portability, distribution and backup, and to reduce storage use.123 An archive file is usually generated and modified via a file archiver utility.

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Footnotes

  1. “Archive File: What it’s Used For”. Lifewire. Archived from the original on 2024-07-11. Retrieved 2022-06-17. ↩

  2. “Archive files”. www.ibm.com. 2015-02-07. Archived from the original on 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2022-06-17. ↩

  3. “What is Archiving And Why is it Important?”. Secure Data MGT. 2015-03-23. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2022-06-17. ↩

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