.rar - WinRAR compressed archive
.cbr - Comic Book Archive file or ComicBook Reader File
.7z - 7z compressed archive file
.isz - Compressed disk image file format
.002 - Compressed file from a multi-volume archive
.z01 - WinZip split compressed archive
.deb - Debian Linux package file
.bar - Age of Mythology game file
file extension ARK - ARC File Archiver CPM/Port archive file
File extension ARK description:
ARC is a lossless data compression and archival format by System Enhancement Associates (SEA). It was very popular during the early days of networked BBS. The file format and the program were both called ARC. The ARC program essentially made obsolete the use of combinations of the SQ program to compress files and the LU program to create .LBR archives by combining the functions of both compression and archiving into a single program. ARC compresses multiple files into one - but unlike ZIP, not entire directory trees. The .arc format was the subject of quite a bit of controversy in the 1980s - an important event in the open source debate.
Associated applications to file extension ARK:
Company / developer:
Bulat Ziganshin
FreeArc
FreeArc is a modern general-purpose archiver. Main advantage of FreeArc is fast but efficient compression and rich set of features.
Features:
- Solid compression with smart updates (only changed solid blocks are recompressed)
- User-definable solid block size (-s…) and file sorting order (-ds…), including customized filename ordering (arc.groups)
- AES/Blowfish/Twofish/Serpent encryption with keyfiles support and ability to chain multiple ciphers (-p, -hp, --keyfile, --encryption=ALGORITHMS)
- FAR and Total Commander plugins allow to create/browse/extract archives using the file manager interface
- Ability to list/extract archives directly from Internet: arc x http://www.haskell.org/bz/arc.arc *.h
- Archive protection and recovery, including recovery over Internet driven by CRCs of archive sectors (r/rr/-rr/--original=URL)
- Ability to test archive before and after any operation (-tp/-t), including checking by recovery record and full archive test
- Moving to archive (m), joining archives (j), archive recompression (ch), locking (k) and commenting (-z/cw)
- Select files by size, time/age and name (-sl, -sm, -ta, -tb, -tn, -to, -n), select by/clear ARCHIVE file attribute (-ao/-ac)
- Base directory on disk / inside archive (-dp/-ap), automatic generation of archive filenames (-ag)
- Errors and warnings are reported to stderr and reflected in program exit code; --logfile option saves to the file all the information displayed
- Configurable via arc.ini file and FREEARC environment variable; alternative settings may be selected by means of -cfg/-env options