List of File Formats - Archive and Compressed

Archive and Compressed

• .?Q? – files compressed by the SQ program
• 7z – 7-Zip compressed file
• AAC – Advanced Audio Coding
• ace – ACE compressed file
• ALZ – ALZip compressed file
• APK – Applications installable on Android
• AT3 – Sony's UMD Data compression
• .bke – BackupEarth.com Data compression
• ARC
• ARJ – ARJ compressed file
• BA – Scifer Archive (.ba), Scifer External Archive Type
• big – Special file compression format used by Electronic Arts for compressing the data for many of EA's games
• BIK (.bik) – Bink Video file. A video compression system developed by RAD Game Tools
• BKF (.bkf) – Microsoft backup created by NTBACKUP.EXE
• bzip2 – (.bz2)
• bmp – (paint)
• bld - Skyscraper Simulator Building
• c4 – JEDMICS image files, a DOD system
• cab – Microsoft Cabinet
• cals – JEDMICS image files, a DOD system
• cpt/sea – Compact Pro (Macintosh)
• DAA – Closed-format, Windows-only compressed disk image
• deb – Debian Linux install package
• DMG – an Apple compressed/encrypted format
• DDZ – a file which can only be used by the "daydreamer engine" created by "fever-dreamer", a program similar to RAGS, it's mainly used to make somewhat short games.
• DPE – Package of AVE documents made with Aquafadas digital publishing tools.
• EEA – An encrypted CAB, ostensibly for protecting email attachments
• .egg – Alzip Egg Edition compressed file
• EGT (.egt) – EGT Universal Document also used to create compressed cabinet files replaces .ecab
• ECAB (.ECAB, .ezip) – EGT Compressed Folder used in advanced systems to compress entire system folders, replaced by EGT Universal Document
• ESS (.ess) – EGT SmartSense File, detects files compressed using the EGT compression system.
• GHO (.gho, .ghs) – Norton Ghost
• gzip (.gz) – Compressed file
• IPG (.ipg) – Format in which Apple Inc. packages their iPod games. can be extracted through Winrar
• jar – ZIP file with manifest for use with Java applications.
• LBR – Library file
• LQR – LBR Library file compressed by the SQ program.
• LHA (.lzh) – Lempel, Ziv, Huffman
• lzip (.lz) – Compressed file
• lzo
• lzma
• LZX (algorithm)
• MBRWizard archive (.mbw)
• MPQ Archives (.mpq) – Used by Blizzard games
• MacBinary (.bin)
• NTH (.nth) – Nokia Theme Used by Nokia Series 40 Cellphones
• PAK – Enhanced type of .ARC archive
• Parchive – (.par, .par2)
• Quake 3 archive (.pk3) – (See note on Doom³)
• Doom³ archive (.pk4) – (Opens similarly to a zip archive.)
• RAR Rar Archive (.rar) – for multiple file archive (rar to .r01-.r99 to s01 and so on)
• RAG / RAGS game file, a game playable in the RAGS game-engine, a free program which both allows people to create games, and play games, games created have the file format "RAG game file"
• RPM - Red Hat package/installer for Fedora, RHEL, and similar systems
• SEN Scifer Archive (.sen) – Scifer Internal Archive Type
• sit/sitx – StuffIt (Macintosh)
• SKB – Google Sketchup Backup File
• tar – group of files, packaged as one file
• .tar.gz, .tgz – gzipped tar file
• TB (.tb) – Tabbery Virtual Desktop Tab file
• TIB (.tib) – Acronis True Image backup
• uha – Ultra High Archive Compression
• VIV – Archive format used to compress data for several video games, including Need For Speed: High Stakes.
• VOL – unknown archive
• VSA – Altiris Virtual Software Archive
• WAX – Wavexpress – A ZIP alternative optimized for packages containing video, allowing multiple packaged files to be all-or-none delivered with near-instantaneous unpacking via NTFS file system manipulation.
• Z – Unix compress file
• zoo – based on LZW
• zip – popular compression format