Cabinet (file format)
Cabinet (or CAB) is an archive-file format for Microsoft Windows that supports lossless data compression and embedded digital certificates used for maintaining archive integrity. Cabinet files have .cab filename extensions and are recognized by their first four bytes (also called their magic number) MSCF. Cabinet files were known originally as Diamond files.
| Filename extension |
.cab |
|---|---|
| Internet media type |
application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed |
| Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) | public.archive.cab |
| UTI conformation | public.data public.archive |
| Magic number | MSCF |
| Developed by | Microsoft |
| Type of format | Archive file format |
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