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Files with a .7z extension are compressed archive files and are most commonly assosiated with '7-Zip', which is an open-source archiving tool. The 7z file format is the default archiving format of 7-Zip, although 7-Zip does support many other compression formats such as Zip, gzip etc.
The .7z file format is a container format, meaning each .7z file can contain multiple files or folders.
Some of the features that have contributed to the .7z file format's rise in popularity are:
- An open architecture design
- Rijndael/AES-256 (256-bit) encryption
- High compression ratios
- Multi-threading support
- Support for large file sizes
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Additional extension information
| File type: |
Compressed |
| Popularity: |
 Widespread |
| Author: |
7-Zip |
| MIME type: | application/x-7z-compressed
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