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Software that works with 7z file extension
File extension 7Z - 7-ZIP compressed 7z archive file
File extension 7Z description:
The 7Z file extension is used for native file format of 7-ZIP archiver.
7z is the new backup and archive file format, providing high compression ratio.
The main features of 7z file format:
- Open architecture
- High compression ratio
- Strong AES-256 encryption
- Ability of using any compression, conversion or encryption method
- Support for very large files with sizes up to 16000000000 GB
- Unicode file name support
- Solid compression ratio
- Archive headers compression
7z file format has an open architecture, so it can support any new compression methods. LZMA is the default and general compression method of 7z file format.
The main features of LZMA are:
- Variable dictionary size (up to 4 GB)
- Compression speed: about 1 MB/s on 2 GHz CPU
- Decompression speed: about 10-20 MB/s on 2 GHz CPU
- Small memory requirement for decompression (depend from dictionary size)
- Small code size for decompression: about 5 KB
- Supports multi-threading and P4's hyper-threading
The LZMA compression algorithm is very suitable for embedded applications. LZMA is released under the terms of the GNU LGPL.
7-Zip supports encryption with the AES-256 algorithm. This algorithm uses a cipher key with a length of 256 bits. To create that key, 7-Zip runs a derivation function based on a SHA-256 hash algorithm. A key derivation function produces a derived key from the text password entered by the user. To increase the cost of an exhaustive search to crack a password, 7-Zip uses a large number of iterations when it produces a cipher key from a password.
7z file format was developed as as part of the 7-Zip compression utility distributed under the GNU LGPL.
Mime: application/x-lzma
The default software that works with 7z file format:
Company or developer:
Igor Pavlov
7-Zip is an open source file archiver with a high compression ratio. It is able to decompress a vast number of archiving format. Its localized to 79 languages and primary aimed for Windows platform. However it is available in unofficial releases for most other OS platforms. 7-zip is developed by Igor Pavlov.
Company or developer:
Igor Pavlov
p7zip for Mac is command line tool used to create and extract 7zip archives.
Company or developer:
Igor Pavlov
p7zip for Linux is command line tool used to create and extract 7zip archives.
List of software associated to the .7z file extension
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that can be done with the file: like open 7z file, edit 7z file, convert 7z file, view 7z file, play 7z file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
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to perform the specified software action, such as opening, editing or converting of the 7z files.
- Open 7z file
- Save 7z file
- Edit 7z file
- View 7z file
- Convert 7z file
- Create 7z file
- Extract 7z file
- Backup 7z file
Programs that open 7z file - 7-ZIP compressed 7z archive file
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Microsoft Windows platform:
Main software associated with 7z file by default:
7-zip
Other suggested software:
PowerArchiver
ALZip
WinRAR
ZipZag
