| Format introduction | RAR is a proprietary archive file format that supports data compression, error recovery and file spanning. It was developed by a Russian software engineer, Eugene Roshal and the RAR software is licensed by win.rar GmbH. |
| Technical details | The filename extensions used by RAR are .rar for the data volume set and .rev for the recovery volume set. Previous versions of RAR split large archives into several smaller files, creating a "multi-volume archive". |
| File extension | .rar, .rev, .r00, .rMIME: application/x-rar-compressed |
| Developed by | Eugene Roshal |
| Type of format | archive format |
| Associated programs | WinRAR, 7-Zip, PeaZip, Unarchiver |
| Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAR_(file_format) |