There are many types of filenames: audio, video, image, text and more. I can use 7-Zip to compress files into Zip format (.zip file extension) and my friends can use their WinZip to uncompress it. The 7-Zip program is publicly available under the terms of the GNU. The 7z format initially appeared as implemented by the 7-Zip archiver. 7z is a compressed archive file format that supports several different data compression, encryption and pre-processing algorithms.
The following articles about software, tutorials and file format definitions, help and how to open files are presented.Ī computer filename is a string with a name a dot (.) and a format that represents the type. 7z is a format produced by 7-Zip, youll need it to open the compressed file.