Thread: What is a RAR file?
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Old 22-04-2005, 08:50   #14
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Re: What is a RAR file?
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Originally Posted by zinglebarb
This is a very good discription of a rar , I will rep you for that once Ive spread enough love as it were ,
Its par files i do not understand ,I can use them , But i just don't understand them
In this instance PAR is short for parity, and ".Par" files can be thought of as being analogous to a RAID unit, but for a RAR archive. See these links for further reading.

http://www.techsono.com/faq/rar.html

http://www.slyck.com/ng.php?page=6
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