What is the difference between .a and .bzip2?
- Extension
- .a
- .bzip2
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Developer
- Compressed
- Developer
- Apple Inc.
- bzip2
- Description
- A Static Library, typically denoted by the file extensions `.a` on Unix-like systems or `.lib` on Windows, is a collection of compiled object code modules that are linked into applications during the build process, rather than being loaded dynamically at runtime. This type of library contains a set of routines, external functions and variables, which are resolved and incorporated into the final executable file by a linker.
- It is an open-source file compressor and decompressor that is freely available and uses the Burrows-Wheeler codec. It isn't a file archiver as it compresses single files.
- MIME Type
- application/x-sharedlib
- application/x-bzip2
- Wikipedia
- .a on Wikipedia
- .bzip2 on Wikipedia