Archiving, or file compression, is a special process that involves reducing the amount of free space on the drive that the file occupies. Today, there is a fairly wide variety of special utilities for data compression. However, many do not even understand what an archive is. What is archive and archiving, we will consider in this article.
It should be noted right away that the article is about computer archives, and not about departmental or any other. A departmental archive is a topic for a separate article, since it has nothing to do with a virtual one.
What is an archive?
Many people do not even know what advantages the process in question differs. For those who are wondering: βArchive - what is it and why is it needed?β - There is a fairly simple explanation.
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