What is the difference between .ace and .tar.lz?
- Extension
- .ace
- .tar.lz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- WinAce
- Lzip
- Description
- File archive compressed by WinAce; uses a proprietary compression algorithm that offers a high compression ratio and fast compression speed.
- "Tarball" (.TAR file) compressed with Lzip, a lossless data compressor based on the LZMA (Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain) algorithm, and therefore uses the compound file extension ".tar.lz;" often used for distributing linux software packages.
- MIME Type
- application/x-ace-compressed
- application/x-lzip-compressed-tar
- Sample
- sample.ace
- Wikipedia
- .ace on Wikipedia
- .tar.lz on Wikipedia