SIT File Documentation
Overview
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Format Name | StuffIt Archive |
| File Extension | .sit |
| MIME Type | application/x-stuffit |
| Developer | Raymond Lau |
| Introduced | 1987 |
| Compression Method | Adaptive Huffman Coding / Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) |
| Archive Support | Yes |
| Platform | Initially Macintosh, later Windows |
| Maximum File Size | Depends on filesystem limits |
| Encryption Support | Yes |
| Multi-part Archive Support | Yes |
| Open Source | No |
| Lossless Compression | Yes |
| Self-extracting Archive Support | Yes |
| File Archive Spanning | Yes |
| User Interface | GUI (Graphical User Interface) |
| Filename Encryption | Yes |
| Compression Ratio | Varies depending on data type |
| Support for Macintosh Resource Forks | Yes |
| Preview Files without Extraction | No |
| Comment Support | Yes |
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