7Z

7Z compression file type was developed by Igor Pavlov and is supported by the 7-Zip open source archive software utility.

The main features of the 7Z archive format is high compression ratio and high speed efficiency. It supports encryption on both file and folder level. It can support huge files up to 16GB, unicode file names and solid compression mode.

Software Supporting 7Z Files

Archive Utility Name	Open Archive	Create Archive
7Zip
WinRAR
ZipGenius
ZipZag
AlphaZIP
ALZip
TUGZip
The Unarchiver
Squeez
PeaZip
IZArc
PowerArchiver