## Cabinet (.CAB) File Technology

Cabinet (.CAB) File Technology: Data Compression and Disk Layout
This document describes a technology that you can use to store multiple files in a single cabinet ("CAB") file, perform compression across file boundaries, and permit files to span cabinets. Although existing products such as PKZIP, LHARC, and ARJ support some of these features, combining all three is not common practice. This technology also supports self- extracting archives, by simply concatenating a cabinet file to EXTRACT.EXE. For additional information about the CAB file format, also see CAB Technology.

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