Archive File Format

An Archive File Format is a file format for archive files.

• Example(s):
  • Android Application Package (APK) Format.
• See: Encryption, File System, Metadata, Lossless Compression, Directory Structure, Error Detection And Correction.

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References

2020

• (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive_file#Archive_formats Retrieved:2020-6-16.
  • An archive format is the file format of an archive file. Some formats are well-defined by their authors and have become conventions supported by multiple vendors and communities.
  • Types:
  • Archiving only formats store metadata and concatenate files.
  • Compression only formats only compress files.
  • Multi-function formats can store metadata, concatenate, compress, encrypt, create error detection and recovery information, and package the archive into self-extracting and self-expanding files.
  • Software packaging formats are used to create software packages that may be self-installing files.
  • Disk image formats are used to create disk images of mass storage volumes.

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