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What is a BZ file? File archive compressed with Bzip compression; often created on Unix systems with the standard bzip utility; incorporates the Burrows-Wheeler algorithm as well as Run-Length Encoding (RLE), which compresses better than Gzip ( .GZIP files), although it does not compress as quickly.

More Information Bzip archives can be extracted with a variety of decompression utilities, including Bunzip and bzip2, which are included with most Linux installations.

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What is a BZ file?

File archive compressed with Bzip compression; often created on Unix systems with the standard bzip utility; incorporates the Burrows-Wheeler algorithm as well as Run-Length Encoding (RLE), which compresses better than Gzip ( .GZIP files), although it does not compress as quickly.

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Bzip archives can be extracted with a variety of decompression utilities, including Bunzip and bzip2, which are included with most Linux installations.

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Programs that open BZ files

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Windows

Corel WinZip

Free Trial

Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe

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Discontinued

Paid

RARLAB WinRAR

Free Trial

7-Zip

Free

Mac

Apple Archive Utility

Included with OS

Corel WinZip Mac

Free Trial

Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe Mac 16

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Discontinued

Paid

The Unarchiver

Free

Linux

bzip2

Free

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Updated: September 9, 2015

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What is a BZ file?↓
File archive compressed with Bzip compression; often created on Unix systems with the standard bzip utility; incorporates the Burrows-Wheeler algorithm as well as Run-Length Encoding (RLE), which compresses better than Gzip (.GZIP files), although it does not compress as quickly.

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