(PARity file) A file that contains the computed parity bits from a source file. PAR files are generated from Usenet archives that have been broken into multiple files because of file size limitations ...

Mac OS X only: Join and split giant files into PAR's with free utility, MacPAR deLuxe. If you post or download files to Usenet (Giganews, anyone?) MacPAR's for you. It will: Verify the completeness of ...

The .par file contains a list of files (so SmartPAR can identify what's missing).<BR><BR>Second, use WinRAR whenever possible. I've found that sometimes, other RAR implentations have trouble correctly ...

At such a time not only is it important to be able to detect that the data is corrupted, but also to detect exactly how much of it is corrupted and how to recover it. Imagine if you send a large ...