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+Parity Archive
+
+par uses Reed-Solomon coding to make multiple parity volumes from
+the same set of files. What this means is that you can recover as
+many files as you have recovery volumes. Any recovery volumes for
+that set will do.
+
+WWW: http://par.sourceforge.net/