Cabinet (file Format)

	Extension	<tt>cab</tt>
	Mime	<code>application/vndms-cab-compressed</code>
	Owner	Microsoft
	Genre	Data Compression

In , Device Installer , AdvPack (for the installation of ActiveX components from Internet Explorer ) and Windows Installer .

The CAB file format allows for three Data Compression methods:

LZX , invented by Jonathan Forbes and Tomi Poutanen, given to Microsoft when Jonathan joined the company.

The CAB file extension is also used in many installers ( InstallShield and others), although it is not the same file format.

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

libmspack is an LGPL licensed, portable library for creating and extracting CAB files and other Microsoft misc. formats.

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