What is the difference between .chw and .zip?
- Extension
- .chw
- .zip
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Developer
- Compressed
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Phil Katz
- Description
- A CHW file, or Compiled Help Index File, is a type of file associated with Microsoft Compiled HTML Help, a proprietary format for online help files developed by Microsoft. This file specifically stores the index for a help file, allowing users to search and locate information quickly within the help documentation. The CHW file works in conjunction with a CHM file, which contains the actual help content, including text, images, and navigation.
- 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-works
- application/zip
- Sample
- sample.zip
- Wikipedia
- .chw on Wikipedia
- .zip on Wikipedia