Cabinet (file type)
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In computing, CAB is the Microsoft Windows native compressed archive format. Usually using at ActiveX's Downloading or Windows Installer Service.

File extension

• .cab

MIME-Type

• application/x-cab-compressed

Related Terms

ZIP 7-Zip RAR LHA DGCA GCA

External Links

• 7-Zip is an LGPL licensed utility that supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB.

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