PAQ 8

PAQ 8 is another data compression archiver that belongs to the PAQ series of archivers. This PAQ version is also a file compression utility that has high compression rates especially when it comes to speed and the memory. Under PAQ 8 are different versions such as the PAQ8A which is known as PAQ8 experimental pre-release wherein this version features a more improved context map, jpeg model bug fixes, state table, a newer x86 model as well as other improvements. It is similar to PAQ 7 as it also does not contain an English dictionary. Another PAQ8 model is the PAQ8F that features more improvements than the A model such as a newly improved user interface, compression as well as Windows drag and drop features. There is also the PAQ8L model which has an added DMC model as well as there are also the PAQ8M and the PAQ8N. The archived files created by PAQ 8 are called PAQ8 files which can be opened on both Windows and Linux platforms.