What is the difference between .arj and .bz2?
- Extension
- .arj
- .bz2
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- ARJ Software
- Julian Seward
- Description
- The ARJ Compressed File Archive (.arj) is a file format used for data compression and archiving. Developed in the early 1990s by Robert Jung, ARJ stands for "Archived by Robert Jung". The format allows for efficient compression of files, supporting multi-volume archives, which means a large archive can be split into several smaller files for easier management and distribution. It also supports a high level of encryption for secure data storage.
- An archive file developed by Bzip2 compressor mainly found on Unix OS. Its popularly used to move Linux application packages because of its high-level compression algorithms i.e. the Burrows-Wheeler compression and Run-Length Encoding (RLE).
- MIME Type
- application/arj
- application/x-bzip2
- Sample
- sample.bz2
- Wikipedia
- .arj on Wikipedia
- .bz2 on Wikipedia