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ARC (file format)

ARC is a lossless data compression and archival format by System Enhancement Associates (SEA). The file format and the program were both called ARC. The format is known as the subject of controversy in the 1980s, part of important debates over what would later be known as open formats.

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Developed by
System Enhancement Associates
Internet media type
application/octet-stream[citation needed]
Type of format
Data compression
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)
public.archive.arc

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ARC (file format)

Nodes53
Edges52
Triples10
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1

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ARC (file format)

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Developed by · 1
ARC (file format) → System Enhancement Associates
Filename extension · 1
ARC (file format) → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .arc, .ark
Internet media type · 1
ARC (file format) → application/octet-stream[citation needed]
Type of format · 1
ARC (file format) → Data compression
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) · 1
ARC (file format) → public.archive.arc

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arc format file sea archive compression katz pkware files used program also programs data system defendants would archives later time

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ARC (file format)Developed bySystem Enhancement Associates1.00infobox
ARC (file format)Filename extension.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .arc, .ark1.00infobox
ARC (file format)Internet media typeapplication/octet-stream[citation needed]1.00infobox
ARC (file format)Type of formatData compression1.00infobox
ARC (file format)Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)public.archive.arc1.00infobox
arinstance ofbased on earlier programs0.80text
that not only grouped files into a single archive file but also compressed them to save disk spaceinstance ofbased on earlier programs0.80text
a feature of great importance on early personal computersinstance ofbased on earlier programs0.80text
where space was very limitedinstance ofbased on earlier programs0.80text
modem transmission speeds were very slowinstance ofbased on earlier programs0.80text

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