| File Type |
WinRAR Compressed Archive |
| File Format |
File |
| Common? |
No |
| File Description |
File or group of files compressed with RAR compression; uses a higher compression ratio than typical ZIP compression; incorporates a proprietary compression algorithm now used by other compressors such as 7-Zip (for .7z files).
The RAR compressor can also create spanned archives, or compressed archives that are split across several files; these files may have file extensions from ".R00" to ".R99" or may all have the standard ".RAR" extension.
The name "RAR" comes from "Roshal ARchive" since the RAR compression algorithm was developed by Eugene Roshal. |
| Program(s) that open rar files |
Mac: UnRarX; Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe for Mac; Dare to be Creative iArchiver; Zipeg
Windows: RARLAB WinRAR; Corel WinZip; Bitberry BitZipper; Alpha ZIP; Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe for Windows; Zipeg
Unix: unrar |
