RAR and PAR RarLab's algorithm patents.

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1 total messages Started by Michael Yardley Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:30

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Author: Michael Yardley
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:30

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    Scourge flooding and being Hip Crimed has force me to start using
a decent newsreader.I have opted for News Rover. http://www.newsrover.com/
I am just  going over the FAQ to get started using it properly.
Combined with using a Digital Signature there is not much more I can
do. I have decided to join the The Usenet Improvement Project:
http://improve-usenet.org Can somebody explain how to block out GG's
using News Rover.

     Below are some terms that I did not understand and I have posted
them for other readers who may not be sure.

    RAR and PAR

    RarLab's algorithm patents.

    In computing, RAR is a proprietary file format for data
compression and archiving, developed by Eugene Roshal (hence the name
RAR: Roshal ARchive).

    The filename extension used by RAR is .rar. If a RAR-archive is
broken into many smaller files (a "multi-volume archive"), as is often
the case when it was distributed on Usenet, then those smaller files
carry the extensions .rar, .r00, .r01, .r02 etc. and most unrar
programs reconstruct the whole archive when provided with the .rar
file.

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

    Par may refer to:

    in computing:

Page address register
.par and .par2, Parchive file types containing recovery data used to
fix other files
.par, file type associated with Solid Edge document
Par (command), UNIX filtering command
Positive acknowledgment with re-transmission, TCP/IP method of
reliable data transmission

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

RarLab's algorithm patents.

A few UNIX users joined a team of twelve from the Linux Foundation and
started RarLabs. They created a compression algorithm and distributed
it over the Web ...

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