What is the difference between .arc and .rar?
- Extension
- .arc
- .rar
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Backup
- Compressed
- Developer
- Symantec
- Eugene Roshal
- Description
- Backup file created by Norton software products, such as Norton 360 and Norton Online Backup; contains a backup of computer files created automatically by the software; may include personal user files as well as system files.
- A RAR file is an archive that contains one or more files compressed with RAR compression. It uses a higher compression ratio than typical ZIP compression and incorporates a proprietary compression algorithm that is now used by other compressors, including 7-Zip for its .7Z files. RAR files may be extracted using a variety of programs.
- MIME Type
- application/octet-stream
- application/x-rar-compressed
- Sample
- sample.rar
- Wikipedia
- .arc on Wikipedia
- .rar on Wikipedia