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The Best and good file format for bundling files (or backing up files on tape drives if you count) ever. It was even created by AT&T in 1979, just 10 years before .zip was created
tar (Derivative for '''t'''ape '''ar'''chive) is an archival format made by AT&T in 1979 for System 7 UNIX originally intended for backing up on tape drives.
 
Forgive .zip, use tarballs of programs for downloading programs
 
.7z is good friends of Tar for 7-Zip
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