What is a UIF File?
UIF is an abbreviation for Universal Image Format (the extension is .uif) and as the name suggest, is an extremely powerful image file of a compressed a CD or a DVD. It is currently owned by the MagicISO application and is only compatible with Microsoft Windows operating systems. UIF files are reliable, quick to process, and is packed with various features such as but not limited to password protection, data encryption, and MD5 checksum support. Also, UIF image file is not just used for creating a complete data of a CD/DVD like an ISO image, but it can also be used to backup multi-session CD/DVD, VCD, SVCD, DVD video, and audio CD.
Advantages of UIF Image Files
UIF image files have many advantages over its counterparts developed by other parties. First and most of all, compared to the ISO image, zip, rar, and other CD/DVD image backing technologies, using UIF files can significantly reduce the size of the image file, because the technology both compresses and saves even more in the disk sector cluster part. To shortly put, UIF image file is a high quality compression file. Also, secret and private CDs and DVDs can be backed up via the UIF. In addition, these UIF files can be transferred over the Internet without concern of a leak, as they can be saved in a way so that only authorized users can access the password protected data. It also has a built-in data encryption, denying access from a hacker. In addition there is no need of an extracting process, as any appropriate software can access it directly.
|
|
|
Bookmark What is a UIF File?
