What is the difference between .ar and .bzip2?
- Extension
- .ar
- .bzip2
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- AT&T Bell Laboratories
- bzip2
- Description
- AR is a Unix archive file that is purposely used to develop and update static library files for creating .deb packages. Currently, its been replaced by .tar archive file for everything except static libraries.
- 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-archive
- application/x-bzip2
- Wikipedia
- .ar on Wikipedia
- .bzip2 on Wikipedia