<s>
QuickPar	B-Application
is	O
a	O
computer	O
program	O
that	O
creates	O
parchives	B-General_Concept
used	O
as	O
verification	O
and	O
recovery	O
information	O
for	O
a	O
file	O
or	O
group	O
of	O
files	O
,	O
and	O
uses	O
the	O
recovery	O
information	O
,	O
if	O
available	O
,	O
to	O
attempt	O
to	O
reconstruct	O
the	O
originals	O
from	O
the	O
damaged	O
files	O
and	O
the	O
PAR	B-General_Concept
volumes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designed	O
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
it	O
was	O
often	O
used	O
to	O
recover	O
damaged	O
or	O
missing	O
files	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
downloaded	O
through	O
Usenet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
QuickPar	B-Application
may	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
under	O
Linux	B-Application
via	O
Wine	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
main	O
versions	O
of	O
PAR	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
:	O
PAR	B-General_Concept
and	O
PAR2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QuickPar	B-Application
is	O
freeware	B-License
but	O
not	O
open-source	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
the	O
Reed-Solomon	B-Error_Name
error	I-Error_Name
correction	I-Error_Name
algorithm	I-Error_Name
internally	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
error	O
correcting	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
QuickPar	B-Application
works	O
well	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
currently	O
considered	O
abandonware	O
,	O
since	O
there	O
have	O
been	O
no	O
updates	O
for	O
it	O
in	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
MultiPar	B-General_Concept
is	O
accepted	O
as	O
the	O
software	O
that	O
replaces	O
QuickPar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
present	O
the	O
command	O
line	O
version	O
of	O
QuickPar	B-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
command	O
line	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
64-bit	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
