What is the difference between .cab and .tar.lz?
- Extension
- .cab
- .tar.lz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Developer
- Compressed
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Lzip
- Description
- A CAB file is a Windows Cabinet file saved in an archive format native to Microsoft Windows that supports .ZIP, Quantum, and LZX data compression algorithms. CAB files contain compressed data and is used for Windows software installations such as system files, network components, and device drivers.
- "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/vnd.ms-cab-compressed
- application/x-lzip-compressed-tar
- Sample
- sample.cab
- Wikipedia
- .cab on Wikipedia
- .tar.lz on Wikipedia