Found 2 records for the .BZ2 file extension name
There are 1 other file types with the "BZ2" extension name:
.bz2 - Direct Connect compressed hub list file
Most popular Archive and compressed file extensions:
.rar - WinRAR compressed archive
.7z - 7z is the compressed archive file
.cbr - Comic Book Archive file or ComicBook Reader File
.jar - Compressed archive file package for Java classes and data
.002 - Compressed file from a multi-volume archive
.zip - Compressed ZIP archive file and compressed folder
.zix - WinZix compressed archive file
.001 - Compressed file from a multi-volume archive
file extension BZ2 - bzip2 compressed file archive
File extension BZ2 description:
bzip2 is a freely available, patent free (see below), high-quality data compressor. It typically compresses files to within 10% to 15% of the best available techniques (the PPM family of statistical compressors), whilst being around twice as fast at compression and six times faster at decompression.Mime type: application/x-bzip2
Associated applications to file extension BZ2:
Company / developer:
Leung Yat Chun Joseph
QuickZip features no ads, no spyware and has been a completely free archiver since 1999. It is not intended to act as a clone of another archiver. Instead, we aim to provide a cleaner and more powerful interface.
Features:
Open all kinds of archives
Allows you to work with 22 encode and encryption formats and 44 archive extensions. Including the popular 7z format.
Script support
Run automated backups and other operations using the powerful aks and akp scripts.
Advanced file list
Advanced file list support, including the highlighting of files that match the user defined filter. Thumbnail support to display all pictures in the archive.
Shell integration
Drag and drop files and directories from file list to explorer to extract or add. Context menu support to provide operations directly from the menu, without having to start the main program.
Bookmarks
Allows you to add archive bookmarks which perform like your browser bookmarks. You can organize your bookmarks into folders.
Lots of tools
* Search in Archive - Search files in archives based on the name, directory, size and date.
* Archive Finder - Look for archives by searching for the files that you are looking for.
* Multi Extract - Allows you to extract multiple archives at the same time.
* Virus Scan Support - Automatically scan for viruses every time you extract using your anti virus software or the included free Clam-AV plugin.
* Mass Renamer - Simple but powerful tool that allows you to rename a group of files using masks.
* Encryption - You can encrypt using Blowfish, Des, 3Dex and Aes encoding methods.
* Other tools including Repair Zip, Archive Convert, SFX and Disk Span.
Company / developer:
RarLab
WinRAR benefits:
Using WinRAR puts you ahead of the crowd when it comes to compression by consistently making smaller archives than the competition, saving disk space and transmission costs.
WinRAR provides complete support for RAR and ZIP archives and is able to unpack CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, Z archives.
WinRAR offers a graphic interactive interface utilizing mouse and menus as well as the command line interface.
When you purchase WinRAR license you are buying a license to the complete technology, no need to purchase add-ons to create self-extracting files, it's all included. One price, one payment, once.
You also receive the benefit of a life-time use of the WinRAR archiver. No upgrade fee to pay. When a new release is made, simply download and install, your license is valid for life.
WinRAR is easier to use than many other archivers with the inclusion of a special "Wizard" mode which allows instant access to the basic archiving functions through a simple question and answer procedure. This avoids confusion in the early stages of use.
WinRAR offers you the benefit of industry strength archive encryption using AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with a key of 128 bits.
WinRAR supports files and archives up to 8,589 billion gigabytes in size. The number of archived files is, for all practical purposes, unlimited.
WinRAR offers the ability to create selfextracting and multivolume archives.
Recovery record and recovery volumes allow to reconstruct even physically damaged archives.
WinRAR features are constantly being developed to keep WinRAR ahead of the pack.


