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What is it
A single-file compression format using the bzip2 algorithm. Achieves better compression than gzip but is slower. Often paired with TAR (.tar.bz2) for compressed archives on Linux.
Technical details
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What opens it
Built-in on macOS/Linux
7-Zip
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