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| Name | 7Z | ZIP |
| Full name | 7Z - 7z Archive | ZIP - ZIP Archive |
| File extension | .7z | .zip, .zipx |
| MIME type | application/x-7z-compressed | application/zip |
| Developed by | Igor Pavlov | Phil Katz, PKWARE, Inc. |
| Type of format | Data compression | 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. | ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. A .ZIP file may contain one or more files or directories that may have been compressed. The .ZIP file format permits a number of compression algorithms, though DEFLATE is the most common. |
| 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. | ZIP files are archives that store multiple files. .ZIP allows contained files to be compressed using many different methods, as well as simply storing a file without compressing it. Each file is stored separately, allowing different files in the same archive to be compressed using different methods. |
| Associated programs | 7-Zip | Microsoft Windows, WinZip, WinRAR, IZarc, Info-ZIP, 7-Zip, PeaZip, B1 Free Archiver, DotNetZip. |
| Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7z | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_(file_format) |