What is the difference between .cab and .zip?
- Extension
- .cab
- .zip
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Developer
- Compressed
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Phil Katz
- 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.
- A ZIP file is an archive that contains one or more files compressed or "zipped" using Zip compression. It stores files separately from each other allowing the files to be compressed using different methods and extracted without compressing or decompressing the entire archive.
- MIME Type
- application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed
- application/zip
- Sample
- sample.cab
- sample.zip
- Wikipedia
- .cab on Wikipedia
- .zip on Wikipedia