- Extension
- .a
- .tar.xz
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Developer
- Compressed
- Developer
- Apple Inc.
- Tukaani
- 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.
- File created using Tar archive and XZ compression tools; contains a .TAR archive that has been compressed using .XZ compression, which compresses at a high ratio.
- MIME Type
- application/x-sharedlib
- application/x-xz-compressed-tar
