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Whats the diferrent between .rar and .zip by .Roy on 10-23-2004 at 08:34 AM
Whats the diferrent between .rar and .zip
they seem to do the same job.. why do they get differnet names?
RE: Whats the diferrent between .rar and .zip by Anubis on 10-23-2004 at 08:37 AM
Because they are made by different people and use different algorithms...on average sometimes .rar archives can compress files smaller but have other flaws...sometimes other way around...
Try to think of it like image files on the internet, there's .gifs and .jpgs some are good for some stuff and sometimes the other is good for other stuff...
RE: Whats the diferrent between .rar and .zip by .Roy on 10-23-2004 at 08:39 AM
yes but u can tell the different between gifs and jpgs... for example gif can i have animation but jpg cant....
so the difference is that rar can compress better?
RE: Whats the diferrent between .rar and .zip by Anubis on 10-23-2004 at 08:52 AM
quote:Not necessarily, but most of the time, yes it can. For example I compressed a 3.94mb MP3 into a .zip archive and it was 3.83mb then into a .rar and it was 3.82mb file. Just .rar compresses files differently, but freeware .zip decompresses are more available and .zip is older and probably more trusted...
Originally posted by DureX
so the difference is that rar can compress better?
.zip files are more universally compatible...
.rar files are better at compressing most the time, but newer...
Really there's no need to think of a difference they're very similar. But they use a different mathematical principle in how they work.
RE: Whats the diferrent between .rar and .zip by .Roy on 10-23-2004 at 08:59 AM
thanks f or the help.. Its just that ive seen a lot of rar lately and i dont understand why they choose rar not just zip..
Anyways then i downloaded winrar and its ok.. It also supports zip... but i still prefer winzip cuz its user friendly 
thanks for the help
-DureX