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[[Category:File formats]] | [[Category:File formats]] | ||
== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
CIA stands for '''C'''TR '''I'''mportable '''A'''rchive. This format allows the installation titles to the 3DS. CIA files and titles on [[Title list|Nintendo's CDN]] contain identical data. As a consequence, valid CIA files can be generated from CDN content. This also means CIA files can contain anything that titles on Nintendo's CDN can contain. | CIA stands for '''C'''TR '''I'''mportable '''A'''rchive. This format allows the installation of titles to the 3DS. CIA files and titles on [[Title list|Nintendo's CDN]] contain identical data. As a consequence, valid CIA files can be generated from CDN content. This also means CIA files can contain anything that titles on Nintendo's CDN can contain. | ||
Under normal circumstances CIA files are used where downloading a title is impractical or not possible. Such as distributing a [[Download Play]] child, or installing forced Gamecard updates. Those CIA(s) are stored by the titles in question, in an auxiliary [[NCCH#CFA|CFA]] file. | Under normal circumstances CIA files are used where downloading a title is impractical or not possible. Such as distributing a [[Download Play]] child, or installing forced Gamecard updates. Those CIA(s) are stored by the titles in question, in an auxiliary [[NCCH#CFA|CFA]] file. | ||