Infobox software name WinRAR logo File WinRAR Logo.png screenshot File WinRAR screenshot.png 300px caption WinRAR 4.11 in Windows 7 developer Eugene Roshal , Alexander Roshal released 1995 RAR was released in 1993. But WinRAR was released in 1995. frequently updated yes programming language C operating ... br Secondary http www.win rar.com www.win rar.com Primary sources date September 2011 WinRAR ... msg 8205725b02a2be76?pli 1 WinRAR 3.40 release notes by Eugene Roshal ru icon ref Features WinRAR supports the following features Complete support for RAR file format RAR WinRAR native conversion .... The new compressed archives cannot be managed by old versions of WinRAR. Since version 3.50, WinRAR ... index.php?id 24&kb 1&kb article id 191 title WinRAR download and support. WinRAR is a powerful Windows ... date accessdate 2009 07 01 ref Since version 3.60, WinRAR includes a Thread computer science multithreaded ... unit CPUs . Since version 3.70, WinRAR features support for Windows Vista . ref cite web url http www.win rar.com 447.html title WinRAR download and support. WinRAR is a powerful Windows tool to compress and decompress zip, rar and many other formats WinRAR 3.70 beta 1 Released publisher Win rar.com ... contain Unicode file names in UTF 8 . ref cite web url http www.rarlab.com title WinRAR archiver, a powerful ... version 3.90, WinRAR adds support 64 bit 64 bit software timeline Windows x64 natively and support ... title WinRAR archiver, a powerful tool to process RAR and ZIP files publisher Rarlab.com date accessdate ... http www.rarlab.com rarnew.htm WinRAR 4.00 Release Notes ref Awards Expand section date January 2011 WinRAR has been nominated for the Epsilon Award Epsilon Award 2008 . Later it became the winner of the award ... Epsilon Award Hall of Fame ref WinRAR Unplugged http www.win rar.com unpluggedinfo.html WinRAR Unplugged is a Portable software portable version of WinRAR that does not require installation ... archivers WinZip References reflist 2 External links http www.win rar.com WinRAR website http ... more details
Orphan date September 2011 Infobox person name Ron Dwight image Ron Dwight self portrait.gif birth date Birth year and age 1944 birth place England death date Death year and age 2002 1944 03 death place United States death cause Heart attack nationality English occupation Programmer, FidoNet coordinator organization Softronic Oy known for FidoNet Zone2 coordinator, WinRAR Ron Dwight England , 1944. United States , March 27, 2002. , programmer , coordinator of FidoNet in Europe. Ron Dwight was the coordinator of the European FidoNet called Zone 2 between 1989 and 1994. This has been the time of blossoming the european part of the network, when the number of members and news groups echomail were exploding which caused similarly the raise of the amount of problematic cases. The methods of Dwight best described as charismatic many people passionately hated him while others looked up him with veneration, but he always stood for and fought for his views which helped the advancement of the community and preserving its values. As his successor coordinator Ward Dossche remembered he left the office not with anger but helped the new coordinator with cooperation. At the time of his death he lived in USA, after moving there from his long time home in Kirkkonummi , Finland . He has been the president of the company Softronic Oy until his death, which distributed WinRAR among other services. Ron was the first to promote and sell RAR DOS and then WinRAR outside of x USSR countries, he coordinated RAR and WinRAR sales and promotion worldwide ref Email exchange with Eugene Roschal ref at Softronic he was responsible for all global sales of WinRAR. ref name eugene http www.win rar.com 100.html In memory Ron Dwight ref Ron distributed the RAR WinRAR to the shareware distribution sites and his name was there as distributor it may have been the source of the misunderstanding about his involvement in the project as some associated him as the writer of WinRAR. ref name eugene He died due ... more details
License Quotation Neither RAR binary code, WinRAR binary code, UnRAR source or UnRAR binary code may ... RAR3 current implemented by developers of Rarlab WinRAR version 2.9 and released in WinRAR version ... for Unicode names. Software RAR files may be created only with commercial software WinRAR , RAR .... WinRAR Main WinRARWinRAR is commercial software or 40 day trial ref name rar eula available for Microsoft Windows . It is the only graphical tool that can write modern RAR files RAR version 3 . WinRAR ... Microsoft Windows Windows version of the File archiver archiver , known as WinRAR , is distributed ... source, free of charge plug in under the unRAR license ref http www.rarlab.com rar add.htm WinRAR ... dynamic link library DLL that can be downloaded from the official WinRAR site. Comparison to other ... cite web url http compressionratings.com comp.cgi?winrar 3.93 m3 pigz 2.1.4 5 title WinRAR vs zip ... compressionratings.com comp.cgi?winrar 3.93 m5 7 zip 9.12b mx 20 md48m title WinRAR vs 7 Zip ref Other free compression software, such as FreeArc , usually outperform WinRAR. ref cite web url http compressionratings.com comp.cgi?winrar 3.93 m5 freearc 0.60 mex3 freearc 0.60 mex5 nanozip 0.07a m.5g 20 cD nanozip 0.07a m.5g 20 cO title WinRAR vs FreeArc vs NanoZip ref RAR can create recovery volumes ... id 162 RAR File format by WinRAR http www.lampdocs.com home personal using rar archiver in linux ... more details
compressor bsc and WinRAR . ref name compressioncomparison cite web url http compressionratings.com ... accessdate 2009 09 30 ref It works faster than WinRAR and 7zip. ref name golem de icon cite web ... more details
Infobox person name Eugene Roshal image residence known RAR , WinRAR website employer occupation Computer Programmer nationality alma mater South Ural State University former Chelyabinsk Technical University , Faculty of Electronics birth date Birth date and age 1972 3 10 df yes birth place Chelyabinsk , Soviet Union USSR Eugene Roshal lang ru , Yevgenii Lazarevich Roshal is a Russian Software engineering software engineer best known as the developer of FAR Manager FAR file manager 1996 2000 RAR file format 1993 WinRAR file archiver The RAR compression algorithm is officially owned by his elder brother Alexander, because Eugene Roshal has no time to concern himself with software development and copyright related issues at the same time. ref http groups.google.com group fido7.rar.support msg 8205725b02a2be76?pli 1 ref See also Igor Pavlov programmer Igor Pavlov author of 7zip References Reflist Biography and product timeline based on The Compression Project web page http www.compression.ru arctest descript roshal.htm Russian language interview with E. Roshal accessed 12 January 2010 and verified by personal email exchange with him in 2011 . Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Roshal, Eugene ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 10 March 1972 PLACE OF BIRTH Chelyabinsk , Soviet Union USSR DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Roshal, Eugene Category 1972 births Category Living people Category Russian Jews Category Russian programmers Category Russian inventors Category South Ural State University alumni Compu bio stub bn cs Jevgenij Ro al de Jewgeni Lasarewitsch Roschal es Eugene Roshal id Eugene Roshal ru , sl Jevgenij Lazarevi Ro al uk ... more details
File Spanning is a term used to describe the ability to package a single file or data stream into separate files of a specified size. It also implies the ability to re combine the package files back into the original file or data stream. This is useful when saving large files onto smaller volumes or breaking large files up into smaller files for network messages of limited size email, newsgroups . It also allows the creation of parity file s such as parity archive PAR to verify and restore missing or corrupted package files. Sometimes the file spanning process is hidden as a secondary operation such as with file archivers . In this case, many smaller files are first packaged into a data stream and then repackaged into a multi file archive. File Spanning Software Hundreds or thousands of file spanning utilities are available for nearly every OS and platform. Below are a few examples PKZip WinZip RAR WinRAR PAR Parchive Category Storage software ... more details
Unrar is the name of two different command line applications for extracting RAR file format RAR archive format archives . RARLAB UnRAR This version of UnRAR is distributed by RARLAB, the makers of the commercial WinRAR archivers. It can extract newer RAR3 archives not supported by GNA s version. GNA UnRAR This free software version of UnRAR is based on an old version of RARLAB s UnRAR with permission from author Eugene Roshal. ref name unrarlib http www.unrarlib.org faq.html Frequently Asked Questions . UniquE RAR File Library. Accessed 12 October 2010. ref It is licensed under the GPL . It does not support the RAR3 format. ref name unrarlib References references External links http www.rarlab.com rar add.htm RARLAB s UnRAR source and binaries http home.gna.org unrar GNA s UnRAR http www.unrarlib.org unrarlib a GPL library for decoding RAR version 2 archives based on the Roshal s code http download.cnet.com Free RAR Extract Frog 3000 2250 4 10804840.html Free RAR Extract Frog a freeware tool using the dll library for decoding RAR archives http www.philipp winterberg.de software rarzilla free unrar.php RarZilla a freeware decompression tool for RAR archives http sharpcompress.codeplex.com SharpCompress a pure C Sharp programming language C implementation of UnRAR and other compression decompression formats. Successor to http nunrar.codeplex.com NUnrar Category Free data compression software Category Linux archivers and compression related utilities es Unrar ... more details
The Epsilon Award is an award bestowed each year by the European Software Conference for software applications, particularly shareware with 500,000 prize money. ref name pr1 http www.itbevents.com pr 22935 ESWC Announces 2008 Software Conference and Epsilon Award . ref The 2011 Epsilon Award will be held in London on November 19 and 20, 2011. Votes are accepted until October 27, 2011. Winners class sortable wikitable style text align center style width 80px Year style width 150px Product style width 150px Conference location 2011 PDF Annotator flagicon GBR London , United Kingdom 2010 PE Explorer flagicon Austria Vienna, Austria ref Esther L pez 10 27 2010 . http blog.en.softonic.com p softonic at the european software conference Softonic at the European Software Conference . Softonic.com company blog. ref 2009 A squared Anti Malware flagicon EUR Europe 2008 WinRAR flagicon GER Berlin, Germany ref name pr1 2007 Xplorer2 flagicon EUR Europe 2006 Alcohol 120 flagicon EUR Europe External links http www.euroconference.org Epsilon Vote.htm The Epsilon Award homepage. References references Category Computer related awards ... more details
This is a list of commonly used Microsoft Windows menus . Microsoft menus Most Recently Used menu Most Recently Used MRU is a term used in computing to refer to the list of programs or documents that were last accessed. It is a feature of convenience allowing users to quickly see and access the last few used files and documents, but could also be considered bad in terms of privacy. Properties menu In Microsoft Windows , a properties page is a panel of information in the file properties dialogue accessed from the File Menu computing menu , context menu , or by typing alt Enter, or alt Double click computing double click ing. It can be a built in feature of Windows Explorer for example, the file sharing page , or created by a shell extension for example http www.mutschler.de mp3ext MP3ext or WinRAR Deleted image removed Image Systemmenu.JPG thumbnail right The default system menu in Windows XP System menu The system menu ref msdn.microsoft.com en us library ms748948 msdn.microsoft.com en us library ms748948 ref also called the window menu or control menu is a popup menu in Microsoft Windows , accessible by left Point and click click ing on the upper left icon computing icon of most windows, or by pressing the Alt and Space keys. This menu provides the user with the ability to perform some common tasks on the window, some in atypical ways. For example, normally a user would move a window by dragging the title bar of the window but with the option in the system menu the user gets a different cursor and procedure to move the window with. Some applications customize the system menu, typically through the GetSystemMenu WinAPI function. ref cite web url http msdn.microsoft.com en us library ms647985 title GetSystemMenu API documentation on MSDN accessdate 2006 05 24 ref Cmd.exe is an example of this and offers the user an ability to change its preferences through its system menu other applications typically offer the user to change their preferences through the normal menu ... more details
Linux & Mac only 29.00 Standard 39.00 Plus Proprietary rh WinRAR Eugene Roshal Alexander Roshal start date and age 1993 Latest stable software release WinRAR Nonfree Free expander 29 ref http www.rarlab.com shop2rarlab.php?prod winrarWinRAR and RAR support site Bot generated title ref Proprietary rh ... line interface expander only Ref label os winace 5 no no no unk unk rh WinRAR yes Ref label os 7zip 1 1 yes partial Command line interface Ref label os winrar 6 partial X86 and x86 64 , Command line interface Ref label os winrar 6 partial Command line interface Ref label os winrar 6 partial Command line interface Ref label os winrar 6 no unk yes rh WinZip yes Ref label os 7zip 1 1 partial Command ... perform decompression. note os winrar The programs for other platforms are called RAR. note os KGBArchiver ... unk rh WinRAR yes yes yes yes yes yes Ref label features WinRAR 3 yes yes Ref label winrar 7z 6 yes ... tar. note features WinRAR Allows adding a variable amount of redundancy information theory redundancy ... of the zip file format have support for Unicode filenames. note winrar 7z In WinRAR 3.60, when opening ... yes rh WinRAR ZIP yes TAR yes GZ yes BZ BZ2 yes 7z yes xz no RAR yes LHA LZH yes ACE yes SIT no SITX ... X no ARJ no KGB no DAR unk ARC unk CAB yes ALZ unk ISO CD Image yes rh WinRAR ZIP yes TAR ... come with systems that contain tar. note writing tugzip Requires rar.exe from WinRAR. note writing winzip ... more details
morefootnotes date February 2011 Infobox Software name TUGZip screenshot Deleted image removed Image TUGZip screenshot.png 250px deletable image caption 1 Tuesday, 5 May 2009 caption TUGZip 3.2 under Windows developer Christian Kindahl known pseudonym latest release version 3.5.0.0 If you update this, don t forget to update Comparison of file archivers latest release date release date 2008 04 02 operating system Microsoft Windows genre File archiver license Proprietary software Proprietary Freeware website http www.tugzip.com www.tugzip.com TUGZip is a freeware file archiver for Microsoft Windows . It handles a great variety of List of archive formats archive formats , including some of the commonly used ones like ZIP file format zip , RAR rar , Gzip File format gzip , bzip2 , SQX sqx and 7z . It can also view disk image files like BIN, C2D, IMG, ISO image ISO and Nero Burning ROM NRG . Since the release of TUGZip 3.5.0.0, development has been suspended due to lack of time from Kindahl s side. ref http www.tugzip.com index.php?page news ref Supported formats TUGZip supports the following file formats Disc images Disk image .BIN.2F.CUE BIN , C2D, Disk image .IMG IMG , ISO image ISO , NRG file format NRG File archives 7z 7z 7 zip , A, ACE file format ACE Extraction only compression and other features can be added via WinAce Ace32.exe , ARC file format ARC , ARJ , BH, Bzip2 File format BZ2 , Cabinet file format CAB , cpio CPIO , deb file format DEB , GCA file format GCA , gzip GZ , IMP Modern uses IMP , JAR file format JAR , LHA file format LHA LZH , Lib LIB , RAR file format RAR Extraction only compression can be added via WinRAR rar.exe , RPM Package Manager RPM , SQX , tar file format TAR , TAZ, Bzip2 File format TBZ , gzip TGZ , YZ1, ZIP file format ZIP , Zoo file format ZOO See also List of file archivers Comparison of file archivers InfraRecorder An open source software from the same author References Reflist Alex Muradin 1 December 2005 , http www.softpedia.com ... more details
Infobox Software name WinAce screenshot Image WinAce screenshot.png 250px caption WinAce version 2.69 developer e merge GmbH latest release version 2.69 latest release date release date and age 2007 11 23 operating system Microsoft Windows Windows , DOS , read only Linux , Mac OS X genre File archiver license Proprietary software Proprietary website http www.winace.com www.winace.com WinAce is an file archiver archiving program for Microsoft Windows Windows with its own ACE file format ACE compressed archive format and built in support for other common List of archive formats archive formats types such as ZIP file format ZIP , RAR and Cabinet file format CAB . They also offer a freeware but not free software command line decompression including listing and testing program called Unace for Mac OS X and Linux . WinAce peaked in popularity around 2000, but since fallen in popularity to WinRAR and Windows built in Zip functionality Fact date February 2008 . Beginning with version 2.65, WinAce is bundled with the WhenU adware program. This bundle has been removed from the current version 2.69 and has been replaced with an opt in sponsorship deal via TrialPay. Commandline version image ace.png thumb left Commandline ACE for DOS There is a text based version for DOS called Commandline ACE . In addition to the ACE format, it has built in support for other common archive format types such as ARJ, RAR, ZIP, and partially LZH. Program distribution contains both Commandline ACE and UnACE decompressor. Both programs are in versions for DOS, OS 2 and Windows, and have support for Long File Names. Despite its name, Commandline ACE contains full fledged Norton Commander like interface and can be run both in commandline and fullscreen mode. UnACE can be run only in commandline mode. Commandline ACE can be used for file manipulation, similar to that existing in Norton Commander. See also List of file archivers Comparison of file archivers External links http www.winace.com Official W ... more details
and Windows IZArc iZarc2go , Portable version of iZarc WinRAR , Portable version for Windows, still requires having a license for a regular version of WinRAR. The version number for WinRAR Unplugged is 3.8.0.1, while the latest WinRAR for Windows version is 4.11 PDF Tools see also List of PDF software ... more details
unreferenced date May 2010 A self extracting archive SFX for short verify source date December 2011 is a computer application software application which contains a archive file file archive , as well as programming to extract this information. Such file archives do not require a second executable file or program to extract from the archive, as archive files usually require. The files in an archive can thus be extracted by anyone, whether they possess the appropriate decompression program or not, as long as the program can run on their computer platform . The original purpose for the self extracting archive was to allow the distribution of tools for extracting and adding member files to an archive file. The situation otherwise, in effect, represents a chicken and egg problem in order to use an archive file, the user requires a de archiver program, which they have to be able to get onto their computer. If the de archiver program was simply a single executable with no other files, it would be possible to simply download that one file, then execute it. But if the means to unarchive files required, say, an executable program and several libraries, there would be no way to obtain them as a single download or executable which could be installed unless the unarchiver program itself along with accompanying files were a self extracting archive. Several programs can create self extracting archives. For Microsoft Windows Windows there are WinZip , WinRAR , 7 Zip , KGB Archiver , and the built in IExpress wizard. For Macintosh there are StuffIt , The Unarchiver , and 7zX. There are also programs that create self extracting archives on Unix as shell scripts which utilizes programs like tar and gzip which must be present in destination system . Others like 7 Zip or RAR can create self extracting archives as regular executables in Executable and linkable format ELF format. An early example of a self extracting archive was the Unix shar archive, in which one or more text files were ... more details
unreferenced date January 2011 A file archiver is a computer program that combines a number of computer file files together into one archive file , or a series of archive files, for easier transportation or storage. Many file archivers employ archive format s that provide lossless data compression to reduce the size of the archive which is often useful for transferring a large number of individual files over a high latency network like the Internet. The most basic archivers just take a list of files and concatenate their contents sequentially into the archive. In addition the archive must also contain some information about at least the names and lengths of the originals, so that proper reconstruction is possible. Most archivers also store metadata about a file that the operating system provides, such as timestamps, ownership and access control. The process of making an archive file is called archiving or packing . Reconstructing the original files from the archive is termed unarchiving , unpacking or extracting . Discussion Unix Archiver Tools Unlike integrated archival and compression tools like PKZIP , WinZip , and WinRAR , the Unix tools ar Unix ar , tar file format tar , cpio for archiver , tape archiver and copy in out respectively act as archivers but not compressors. Users of the Unix tools typically add compression by compressing the result of packing and uncompressing before unpacking , most often using the gzip or bzip2 programs. Modern tar programs can automatically invoke a de compression program, giving the appearance that tar itself handles compression and decompression. This approach has two advantages It follows the Unix philosophy Unix toolbox concept that each program should accomplish a single, well done task, as opposed to attempting to accomplish everything with one tool. As compression technology progresses, users may use different compression programs without having to modify or abandon their archiver. The archives use solid compression . Unl ... more details
VGM V ideo G ame M usic is an audio format for multiple video game platforms, such as Sega s Sega Master System Master System , Sega Game Gear Game Gear , Sega Mega Drive Sega Genesis Mega Drive Genesis , SG 1000 Mark III , MSX , NeoGeo and many others. The normal filename extension is .vgm , but files can also be Gzip compressed into .vgz files. Technically, .vgz files should be named .vgm.gz , but because some popular operating system s file manager s cannot handle file name suffixes that themselves contain a dot, .vgz is used in order to launch a VGM player e.g. Winamp with the proper Plug in computing plugin and not a data compression program such as WinZip or WinRAR . On November 20, 2005, VGM 1.50 was officially announced, and a new version of the input plugin released. The new version of the format now supports pulse code modulation PCM Optimization computer science optimization for the Yamaha YM2612 sound chip , which makes sound files using the chip a lot smaller sometimes with over 75 of size reduction. The first YM2612 VGM archive, Project 2612, optimized all of its packages soon after. As of May 6, 2011, the official VGM specification was updated from version 1.50 to 1.60 the following non exhaustive list details each new change Version 1.51 changes unofficial update The 1.51 spec sheet documents that this version is compatible with the 1.50 specification with exception of the dual chip support , but Maxim s in vgm Winamp plugin still exhibits issues when utilized. Support for audio playback and manipulation of many new chips and formats, notably The YM Series YM2203 , YM2608 , YM2610 , YM3812 , YM3526 , Y8950 , YMF262 , YMF271 , YMF278B , and YMZ280B RF5c68 and RF5c164 Sega CD PCM Sega PCM and Sega 32x PWM AY 3 8910 Data block type information has been added for all new chips that need additional data. SN76489 Flags have been added. Dual chip support has been added for nearly every chip. Version 1.60 changes Several new optimization methods have been cr ... more details
Infobox software logo Image Far icon.png screenshot Image FAR manager.png 250px caption FAR Manager screenshot developer Eugene Roshal 1996 2000 br FAR Group 2000 present released September 10, 1996 ref http farmanager.com history.php FAR Manager release history ref frequently updated yes Release version update? Don t edit this page, just click on the version number programming language C operating system Microsoft Windows language Russian language Russian English language English genre File manager license revised BSD license website http farmanager.com index.php?l en farmanager.com FAR Manager short for F ile and AR chive Manager is an orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows and a clone computer science clone of Norton Commander . FAR Manager uses the Win32 console and has a keyboard oriented user interface although limited mouse operation, including drag and drop , is possible . Originally, FAR Manager was written by Eugene Roshal the creator of WinRAR , but since 2000 the development is carried on by a team called the FAR Group . The project s Unicode branch 2.0 is open source under the revised BSD license . FAR Manager is often viewed as a very customizable file manager and text editor, and a free alternative to Total Commander . ref cite journal last first title journal XAKEP year 2008 month July issue 115 pages 22 23 url http www.xakep.ru magazine xa 115 022 1.asp accessdate 13 September 2010 trans title How to say no to warez language Russian ref ref cite journal title . journal XAKEP year 2003 month May issue 30 page 60 url http www.xakep.ru magazine xs 030 060 5.asp accessdate 13 September 2010 author trans title Comfortable manual coding. Code editors language Russian ref ref cite web title FAR Manager 2.0 url http www.dpk.com.ua software 1726.html work accessdate 13 September 2010 ref ref cite web last Bezroukov first Nikolai title FAR the first OFM that ... more details
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