| Name | 7Z |
| Full name | 7Z - 7z Archive |
| File extension | .7z |
| MIME type | application/x-7z-compressed |
| Developed by | Igor Pavlov |
| Type of format | Data compression |
| Description | 7z is a compressed archive file format that supports several different data compression, encryption and pre-processing algorithms. The 7z format initially appeared as implemented by the 7-Zip archiver. The 7-Zip program is publicly available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. |
| Technical details | The main features of 7z format: Open architecture, High compression ratio, Strong AES-256 encryption, Ability of using any compression, conversion or encryption method, Supporting files with sizes up to 16000000000 GB, Unicode file names, Solid compressing, Archive headers compressing. |
| Associated programs | 7-Zip |
| Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7z |