- Extension
- .cab
- .tbz2
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Developer
- Compressed
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Bzip2
- Description
- A CAB file is a Windows Cabinet file saved in an archive format native to Microsoft Windows that supports .ZIP, Quantum, and LZX data compression algorithms. CAB files contain compressed data and is used for Windows software installations such as system files, network components, and device drivers.
- File archive compressed with both .TAR and .BZ2 compression; often found on Unix systems; must first be decompressed (using Bzip 2 decompression), then the files must be extracted from the tar archive.
- MIME Type
- application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed
- application/x-bzip2
