What is the difference between .arc and .tar.gz?
- Extension
- .arc
- .tar.gz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Backup
- Compressed
- Developer
- Symantec
- The GNU Project
- Description
- Backup file created by Norton software products, such as Norton 360 and Norton Online Backup; contains a backup of computer files created automatically by the software; may include personal user files as well as system files.
- It's a TAR archive file compressed using GNU zip compression codec. Mainly used by Linux OS to package programs, files, and installers.
- MIME Type
- application/octet-stream
- application/gzip
- Sample
- sample.tar.gz
- Wikipedia
- .arc on Wikipedia
- .tar.gz on Wikipedia