Although the use of DVD, external hard drives, flash drives, etc. have increased significantly these days, but still file compression applications have not lost its relevance. Even, the number of these types of applications has increased and there are more than a few available in the market. In this article we have discussed about some of the best file compression tools. For PC software support you may get in touch with an
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For Windows and Linux based computers 7 Zip is a very good choice. This is a free utility can be used to compresses and uncompresses wide selection of formats such as 7z, ZIP, GZIP, TAR and BZIP2. For files in the ARJ, MSI, NSIS, RAR, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, RPM, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z formats too this is a very useful application. Since the application is free, you can easily download it.
Another popular name in this regard is WinRAR. This is a shareware file compression tool but its trial version is free for a certain period of time. For further use, you need to buy this software. The application also supports encryption, and could be used to uncompress all the most common file formats. WinRar is compatible with wide selection of operating systems such as Linux, Linux 64, FreeBSD, Windows, Macintosh, Pocket PC, and MS-DOS.
If you are looking for a robust compression tool having scripting and other powerful options, TUGZip is quite useful. TUBGZip could be used for file archives in BH, BZ2, P, 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, DEB, GCA, GZ, IMP, LIB, RAR, RPM, SQX, TAR, TGZ, TAZ, YZ1, ZOO, TBZ, CAB, CPIO, JAR, and LHA (LZH) formats. You can also use this application to open disk images in BIN, C2D, IMG, ISO and NRG formats. To create compressed files in 7-ZIP, BH, BZ2, CAB, JAR, LHA (LZH), SQX, TAR, TGZ, YZ1 and ZIP format TUGZip could be used.
Universal Extractor is another popular Windows application. For viewing, extraction of executable and database files this tool is quite useful. Since the application detects the type of file, it could open files even if they have no extension. Due to this reason, the users experience a fast and easy file extracting process. However, Universal Extractor is a free application and it does not have the ability to create compressed files.
Windows only supports the ZIP format but the Unarchiver could be used for most major formats. This is the built-in default file compression application for Mac OS X.
Apart from these tools, there are many more available in the market that could be used to create compressed file, and vice versa.
