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ARC
Last modified: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 

To compress a file using the ARC format. The ARC data compression format, created by Systems Enhancement Associates, is particularly popular among bulletin board systems (BBSs). Another common format is ZIP.

Files that have been compressed with an ARC utility end with a.ARC extension. To decompress them, you need a utility called ARC-E (stands for arc-extract).

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PKWARE Home Page
Provides news and information about PKWARE Inc., and their popular data compression utility PKZIP.

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Offers a collection of information for the WinZip archive utility for Windows including ordering information, download links, and support and FAQs.

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