What is Winrar and how it works

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What is WINRAR and how it works


WinRAR is a popular shareware file archiver, as well as a data compression utility program that was released in autumn of 1993. When it comes to compression software WinRAR is much more advanced. They are able to be more advanced than other compression utilities as they are able to consistently make archives that are much smaller. This will help you to have more disk space.


Many people who are interested in using a compression utility will most likely choose between WinRAR and WinZip. However, these have numerous differences that should be taken into consideration. Some of the benefits that WinRAR offers that their competitors cannot are the size of the archives that are supported, the customer service, pricing, its compatibility with not only the operating system but the files.


The WinRAR provides full support to various files such as ZIP Archives and RAR, as has the specific ability to unpack files such as z archives, CAB, UUE, JAR, ISO, ARJ, TAR, LZH, ACE, GZ, 7Z and BZ2. WinRAR has the ability to support archives and files up to 8,589 billion gigabytes. This is leaps and bounds above their competitors. They also provide users with a number of archived files that are completely unlimited.


WinRAR is exceptional at handling large multimedia files. It has the capability of automatically noticing the type of file and selecting the best method for compression. The WinRAR uses a specially designed compression algorithm to compress multimedia files, groups of files and executables very well.


This amazing compression utility will allow users to quickly and easily split their archives into volumes that are separated. This makes it possible for the user to save them onto several different disks. It will also allow the user the ability of saving very large files into several different parts. This provides the user with convenience and another way for the user to keep their files and archives organized.


WinRAR is about to utilize the full interactive mouse and graphics that are menu driven graphics interface (GUI), as well as an interface that is command line. WinRAR offers users the beneficial feature of archive encryption by using Advanced Encryption Standard that is the strongest in the industry using a 128 bit key.


If you have archives that have become physically damaged for whatever reason, the WinRAR’s recovery record and recovery volumes allow the user to reconstruct their most damaged archives. This is a first in the industry. WinRAR is completely compatible with Vista, Windows 7, XP and all Windows Server operating system created after 2003.


Resources: http://www.winrar.com/winrar-download/ http://winrar.meopost.com/2014/03/06/winrar/


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