.BZ2 File Extension

Bzip2 Compressed File Icon
File TypeBzip2 Compressed File
DeveloperJulian Seward
Popularity4 stars
CategoryCompressed Files
File Description

Compressed archive created by bzip2, a file compression program often found on Unix-based systems; incorporates the Burrows-Wheeler compression algorithm as well as Run-Length Encoding (RLE) for high levels of compression; often used for Linux software package distributions.

The bzip2 software is available in a source code format on the bzip2 website and can be compiled on Windows systems.
Program(s) that open .BZ2 files
Mac OS X Logo
Mac OS
Icon Apple Archive Utility
Icon Dare to be Creative Archiver
Icon Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe 2011
Icon The Unarchiver
Icon bzip2
Windows Logo
Windows
Icon Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe 2010
Icon WinRAR
Icon Corel WinZip 16 Pro
Icon PeaZip
Icon 7-Zip
Linux Logo
Linux
Icon bzip2
Updated 1/3/2012  

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