7-Zip - FREE file archiver/zip with high compression ratio
So, back then, we normally transfer files using floppy disk. Tell you the truth, it always ain't a easy task to copy files into floppy disk, especially pictures. So, we would happily uses WinZip program to zip those big files up. Imagine you can reduce the size of the files into maybe half of the original size. It was like magic back then.
Well, things change a lot ever since. Nowadays, we only uses this tool to unzip after downloading certain zip file from Internet. And frankly to pay USD$29.95 for such program is quite pricey. So I had found an alternative to WinZip: introducing 7-zip.
7-Zip is open source software. You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip (now, that's cool).
The main features of 7-Zip:
- High compression ratio in 7z format with LZMA and LZMA2 compression
- Supported formats:
Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM
Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DEB, DMG, FAT, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, VHD, WIM, XAR and Z. - For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
- Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
- Self-extracting capability for 7z format
- Integration with Windows Shell
- Powerful File Manager
- Powerful command line version
- Plugin for FAR Manager
- Localizations for 79 languages
Click here to download 7-Zip from its official site.
"7-Zip works well for me, and at times even better than WinZip. I have been a happy 7-Zip user!"
~ 1000techs.blogspot.com
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