Venderei Tikotzinski's Articles in Software

  • Compressing or archiving what is the difference?
    Many people confuse the terms archiving and compressing. While there is some connection between the two they are actually completely two different things. Here is some more information about those terms.
  • What are Tar files are they compressed archives or not?
    Tar is a well known file format though many users confuse it to be something that it is not. Tar is an old format evident by its name which stands for Tape Archive. So what are Tar files?
  • The popular Zip archive file type
    The Zip file format is the most popular archive file format. Zip allows the packing and compressing of multiple files in one archive. Zip has been around since the 90s. Here is some more information about the Zip format and its history.
  • How does compression work?
    Most likely you have been using compression even if you did not realize it. For example when archiving files into a Zip file or when saving digital photos in a compressed JPEG format you are using compression. So how does this compression magic work?
  • Good free archiving software alternatives to WinZip
    Archiving files is an important task that most users do at some point. Some people do it on a daily basis while others rarely do. More users need to open archive files than to create them. So how can you create archives without paying for software like WinZip?
  • WinZip is not the only software for reading and creating Zip files
    WinZip is the most known software utility for reading and creating Zip files. But WinZip is not the only software out there that can handle Zip files nor is it the best or the cheapest one.
  • Why I could not compress my photos files
    Compression is something that is used by everybody. Usually when you have a big file like a Word document that you need to email to someone or to backup you will compress the file first using algorithms like Zip. But compressing files does not always work.
  • Why use an open source archive utility like 7Zip?
    Archives files are very common these days. Everybody has either opened or created an archive file mostly likely a Zip formatted file. There are many software utilities that can open and create archives choosing the best one is not easy.
  • Is WinRAR better than WinZip?
    Although WinZip is still the most popular compression utility WinRAR is gaining ground and is becoming the archive utility of choice for many users. Which one is better WinZip or WinRAR?
  • Three free archive utilities to open and create Zip files
    Archive files are everywhere. When you download files from the Internet or receive files over email they are very likely to be in a compressed archive format. In order to work with such archive files you need special archive software.
  • Understanding the magic of data compression
    Data compression is the process in which big files are turned into smaller files. For example a large Word document is compressed to a smaller archive file like Zip or 7Z. To some data compression looks like magic.
  • Opening and creating files with a 7Z extension
    There are many file types on your computer and on the Internet. You can tell the type of each file by examining its file extension. Each file extension has one or more software that can open it write it and process it in other ways.

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