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title: "What do you know about IPA"  
description: "What do you know about IPA"  
author: "Samuel Fernandes"  
published: 2017-01-09  
updated: 2020-09-22  
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category: "ios"  
tags: ["ios"]  
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# What do you know about IPA

**IPA**stands for "iOS App Store Package". An .ipa file is an iPhone application archive file which stores an iOS app. It is usually encrypted with Apple's FairPlay DRM technology. Each .ipa file is compressed with a binary for the ARM architecture and can only be installed on iOS devices such as (iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad)-

## Answers

### Answer by Samuel Fernandes

**IPA**stands for "iOS App Store Package". An .ipa file is an iPhone application archive file which stores an iOS app. It is usually encrypted with Apple's FairPlay DRM technology. Each .ipa file is compressed with a binary for the ARM architecture and can only be installed on iOS devices such as (iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad)-


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