What is the difference between .ar and .wim?
- Extension
- .ar
- .wim
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Disk Image
- Developer
- AT&T Bell Laboratories
- Microsoft
- 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 Currently, its been replaced by .tar archive file for everything except static libraries.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 a file-based disk image format created by Microsoft for its latest Windows OS releases, Windows Server 2008 and the Windows Vista. Windows Imaging Format (wim), is used for the standard installation method of the OS.
- MIME Type
- application/x-archive
- application/x-ms-wim
- Wikipedia
- .ar on Wikipedia
- .wim on Wikipedia