knowledge/technology/files/Comic Book Archive.md

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wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_book_archive
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# Comic Book Archive
A comic book archive is a type of archive file for the purpose of sequential viewing of images, commonly for comic books or manga.

The filename extension indicates the archive type used:
- `.cb7` → [7z](../applications/cli/compression/p7zip.md)
- `.cba` → ACE
- `.cbr` → RAR
- `.cbt` → [TAR](../applications/cli/compression/tar.md)
- `.cbz` → [ZIP](ZIP.md)

Comic book archive files mainly consist of a series of image files with specific naming, typically [PNG](media/image/PNG.md) (lossless compression) or JPEG (lossy compression, not JPEG-LS or JPEG XT) files, stored as a single archive file. Occasionally GIF, BMP, and TIFF files are seen. Folders may be used to group images in a more logical layout within the archive, like book chapters.
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init 2023-12-04 10:02:23 +00:00			`wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_book_archive`
schema change 2024-03-06 12:15:41 +00:00			`extension: ["cb7", "cba", "cbz", "cbt", "cbr"]`
			`mime: "application/vnd.comicbook+zip"`
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			`# Comic Book Archive`
			`A comic book archive is a type of archive file for the purpose of sequential viewing of images, commonly for comic books or manga.`

			`The filename extension indicates the archive type used:`
restructure 2024-01-17 08:00:45 +00:00			- `.cb7` → [7z](../applications/cli/compression/p7zip.md)
init 2023-12-04 10:02:23 +00:00			- `.cba` → ACE
			- `.cbr` → RAR
restructure 2024-01-17 08:00:45 +00:00			- `.cbt` → [TAR](../applications/cli/compression/tar.md)
init 2023-12-04 10:02:23 +00:00			- `.cbz` → [ZIP](ZIP.md)

restructure 2024-01-17 08:00:45 +00:00			`Comic book archive files mainly consist of a series of image files with specific naming, typically [PNG](media/image/PNG.md) (lossless compression) or JPEG (lossy compression, not JPEG-LS or JPEG XT) files, stored as a single archive file. Occasionally GIF, BMP, and TIFF files are seen. Folders may be used to group images in a more logical layout within the archive, like book chapters.`