what is the differance between WinRar and Winzip?

Question

I know that winzip and winrar are archiving programs...
but what does it exactly do??
do you use winzip, or winrar, and which is better???

thanks.

Answer 1

win zip is a software which first came

and win rar is the latest generation of win

Answer 2

WinRAR provides the full RAR and ZIP file support, can decompress CAB, GZIP, ACE and other archive formats. Windows data compression utility that focuses on the Zip data compression format for all Windows users. Built-in support for popular Internet file formats. ===== ======

Answer 3

actually I think 7z is best atm



they are compression programs. what they do is take an existing file (or set of files), and 'squash' them to use less disk space.



zip has been around for many many years. rar is a relative newcomer (compared to zip). Basically there are two criteria for quality of compression programs - speed and compression ratio



Speed refers to how long the program takes to 'squash' and 'unsquash' a file. compression ratio refers to how much squashing each format is able to do with a file.



Personally, I think the best free compression program is http://www.izarc.org/download.html



It covers more compression formats (yes there are more) than winzip or winrar



For more information on archiving software;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archiving_software

Answer 4

In computing, RAR is a proprietary file format for data compression and archiving, developed by Eugene Roshal (hence the name RAR: Roshal ARchive). Some people mistakenly believe that RAR stands for "Russian ARchiver".



ZIp a type of data compression commonly used on Windows OS computers. It reduces the amount of data needed to represent a file. Zip files have a .zip extension. The files are compressed and need to be uncompressed to read the information in its original format.

Answer 5

I think WinRar is better for the fact that it can oped.zip files as well.



The Difference is that WinRar can open things from .zip files to .iso files. whilst Winzip is really meant for zip files only. if you're planning to get either, get winRar

Answer 6

Both extract the same folder. I think there are the same



Neeed more detail? Here u Go!



WinZip is a file archiver and compressor for Microsoft Windows, developed by WinZip Computing (formerly Nico Mak Computing). It natively uses PKWARE's PKZIP format but also has various levels of support for other archive formats. It is a proprietary product traditionally offering a time-limited evaluation version.



WinZip began life around the early 1990s as a shareware GUI front-end for PKZIP. Somewhere around 1996 the creators of WinZip incorporated compression code from the Info-ZIP project, thus eliminating the need for the PKZIP executable to be present.



Since at least version 6.0 registered users could download newer versions of the software and enter their original registration information to obtain a free upgrade. This has ceased with version 10.0, although version 9.0 is still available for download from WinZip's web site.



WINRAR

WinRAR is a shareware file archiver and data compression utility by Eugene Roshal. Pocket RAR, a version of the file archiver for the Pocket PC platform, is available as freeware. It is one of the few applications that are able to create RAR archives natively, as the encoding method is held to be proprietary.



Complete support for RAR and ZIP archives, and unpacking of CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7z and Z archives.

Optional archive encryption using AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with a key of 128 bits.

Files and archives up to 8.589 billion (10^12) gigabytes in size are supported. The number of archived files is unlimited for all practical purposes.

The ability to create self-extracting and multi-volume (split) archives.

Data redundancy is provided via recovery records and recovery volumes, allowing to reconstruct even damaged archives.

WinRAR supports advanced NTFS file system options and Unicode in file names.

From version 3.50 beta 1, WinRAR adds support for interface skins and themes.

From version 3.50, WinRAR supports Windows 64x integration.

From version 3.51, a few security vulnerabilities and bugs are addressed.

From version 3.60 beta 1, WinRAR includes a multithreaded version of the compression algorithm, which improves compression speed on systems with dual-core or hyperthreading-enabled CPUs.

WinRAR can be tested for free for up to 40 days and provides free unlimited upgrades. After 40 days, every time you start WinRAR, a window will pop up, telling you to buy it, or continue using the software without buying (with the exception of the window popping up every time you start the program).

Answer 7

Winrar is the best freee software to open all the files, it works with all the extension like .zip, .rar, .iso, .tar, .bz2, .ace, .uue, .jar, .7z, etc..

I was looking for a free download Winrar I found it here http://bit.ly/1p3P7qp

Answer 8

you can unzip more files with winrar. including .rar files which winzip cant...i believe

Answer 9

They're interchangeable, but winrar is better.

Answer 10

winrar probably zip central is good too.