File extension Details of TBZ, TAR, TAZ, TGZ, PAR2, PAQ6, PAQ7, PCV, PAQ8

Name:	TBZ
File Type:	Bzip Compressed Tar Archive
Popularity:	3
Category:	compressed
File Description:	Unix .TAR archive compressed with .BZIP compression; contains a group of files that are first archived with the Unix Tar program, then compressed with Bzip. NOTE: Bzip has been replaced by its successor, Bzip2, which can be used to create .BZ2 and .TBZ2 files; some TBZ2 files also use the standard ".tbz" extension.
Open Programs:	Mac OS Smith Micro Stuffit Expander Windows Smith Micro Stuffit Deluxe Corel WinZip Linux tar 7-zip

Name:	TAR
File Type:	Consolidated Unix File Archive
Popularity:	3
Category:	compressed
File Description:	Contains multiple files stored as one archive; created with the Unix tar program; TAR files are not automatically compressed, so they are often compressed with Gnu Zip (which creates a .GZ file). A filename that ends in ".tar.gz" is a TAR archive that has been compressed with Gnu Zip compression; sometimes the shortened .TGZ extension is used as well.
Open Programs:	Mac OS Smith Micro Stuffit Expander Zipeg Windows Smith Micro Stuffit Deluxe ALTools AlZip Corel WinZip PicoZIP WinACE 7-Zip Zipeg Linux tar

Name:	TAZ
File Type:	Tar Zipped File
Popularity:	3
Category:	compressed
File Description:	Unix TAR archive compressed using a standard Unix compression algorithm; short for ".tar.z," which is a combination of a .TAR and .Z file; typically used for archiving groups of files on Unix-based systems. Tar zipped files also use the .TZ file extension.
Open Programs:	Mac OS Smith Micro Stuffit Expander Windows Smith Micro Stuffit Deluxe Corel WinZip Linux tar gunzip

Name:	TGZ
File Type:	Gzipped Tar File
Popularity:	3
Category:	compressed
File Description:	Unix .TAR file archive compressed with Gnu Zip (.GZIP) compression; the TAR file archives multiple files into one file and the Gzip compression reduces the archive file size. To decompress from a Unix command line: First type gunzip filename.tar.gz and press Enter. This decompresses the archive. Then type tar -xf packed_files.tar and press Enter. This decodes the TAR archive and makes the the files readable.
Open Programs:	Mac OS Smith Micro Stuffit Expander Zipeg Windows WinRAR Corel WinZip Smith Micro Stuffit Deluxe Zipeg Linux tar gunzip

Name:	PAR2
File Type:	Parchive 2 Index File
Popularity:	3
Category:	compressed
File Description:	Index file that contains a group of parity volumes in a Parchive 2 (PAR2) archive; may be used to recover a file archive when one of the files in the archive is lost. The .PAR extension is used for files created with Parchive version 1.
Open Programs:	Mac OS MacPAR deLuxe Windows parchive QuickPar Linux parchive PyPar2

Name:	PAQ6
File Type:	PAQ6 Data Archive
Popularity:	3
Category:	compressed
File Description:	File archive compressed with the sixth version of PAQ, an open-source data compression archiver.
Open Programs:	Windows PAQ6 or later WinUDA KGB Linux PAQ6 or later

Name:	PAQ7
File Type:	PAQ7 Data Archive
Popularity:	3
Category:	compressed
File Description:	File archive compressed with the seventh version of PAQ, an open-source data compression archiver; about three times faster than PAQ6.
Open Programs:	Windows PAQ7 or later Linux PAQ7 or later

Name:	PCV
File Type:	Mozilla Profile Backup
Popularity:	3
Category:	compressed
File Description:	Backup file for Mozilla Thunderbird, Firefox, and Mozilla Suite; used for backing up and restoring user profiles; stored in .ZIP format; the ".pcv" file extension can be changed to ".zip" and unzipped by a decompression program like WinZip.
Open Programs:	Windows MozBackup Corel WinZip (for .zip files)

Name:	PAQ8
File Type:	PAQ8 Data Archive
Popularity:	2
Category:	compressed
File Description:	File archive compressed with the eighth version of PAQ, an open-source data compression archiver; stores multiple files and folders in a single compressed archive; fixes poor compression of some file types in PAQ7.
Open Programs:	Windows PAQ8 or later UDA Linux PAQ8 or later

Name:	PAE
File Type:	PowerArchiver Encrypted Archive
Popularity:	3
Category:	compressed
File Description:	Compressed and encrypted archive created by PowerArchiver; may be encrypted using one of five encryption algorithms -- Blowfish (128-bit), DES (64-bit), Triple DES (128-bit), AES 128-bit, and AES 256-bit
Open Programs:	Windows ConeXware PowerArchiver (may require password to open)