Editing 7-Zip (section)

==Features==
7-Zip supports:
* 32 and 64-bit x86, ARM64 architecture
* File Manager
* Encryption via the 256-bit [[Advanced Encryption Standard|AES]] cipher, which can be enabled for both files and the 7z hierarchy. When the hierarchy is encrypted, users are required to supply a [[password]] to see the filenames contained within the archive. WinZip-developed Zip file AES encryption standard is also available in 7-Zip to encrypt ZIP archives with AES 256-bit, but it does not offer filename encryption as in 7z archives.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.winzip.com/aes_info.htm|title=AES Encryption Information: Encryption Specification AE-1 and AE-2|date=30 January 2009|website=[[WinZip]]}}</ref>
* Volumes of dynamically variable sizes, allowing use for backups on removable media such as writable CDs and DVDs
* Usability as a basic [[orthodox file manager]] when used in dual panel mode
* Multiple-core CPU threading<ref>{{cite web|last1=Atwood|first1=Jeff|title=File Compression in the Multi-Core Era|url=https://blog.codinghorror.com/file-compression-in-the-multi-core-era/|website=Coding Horror|date=28 February 2009 |access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref>
* Opening EXE files as archives, allowing the decompression of data from inside many "Setup" or "Installer" or "Extract" type programs without having to launch them
* Unpacking archives with corrupted filenames, renaming the files as required
* Create [[self-extracting archive|self-extracting single-volume archives]]
* Command-line interface<ref>[https://sevenzip.osdn.jp/chm/cmdline/syntax.htm "Command Line Syntax"]. sevenzip.osdn.jp.</ref>
* Graphical user interface. The Windows version comes with its own GUI. For various [[Unix-like]] systems, several GUIs, e.g. [[PeaZip]], can handle the 7z file format based on the Unix binaries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ubuntuusers entry for 7z |url=https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/7z/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Ubuntuusers |language=de}}</ref>
* Calculating [[checksum]]s in the formats CRC-32, CRC-64, SHA-1, or SHA-256 for files on disk, available either via command line or Explorer's context menu<ref name="7zipHistory" />
* Available in 89 languages
* Ability to optionally record creation dates (<code>tc</code>) and last access dates (<code>ta</code>) in archives (in addition to modification dates).<ref>[http://sevenzip.osdn.jp:80/chm/cmdline/switches/method.htm -m (Set compression Method) switch]</ref>