| File Type |
Bzip Compressed File |
| File Format |
File |
| Common? |
No |
| File Description |
File archive compressed by Bzip or Bunzip, a file compression utility often included with Unix systems; uses the Burrows-Wheeler compression algorithm combined with Run-Length Encoding (RLE); compresses files more than .GZIP compression, but is not as fast. |
| Program(s) that open bz files |
Mac: Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe for Mac
Windows: Corel WinZip; Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe for Windows; RARLAB WinRAR; Bzip
Unix: bzip; bunzip |
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