What is the difference between .esd and .zip?
- Extension
- .esd
- .zip
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Disk Image
- Compressed
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Phil Katz
- Description
- A file with the ESD file extension is a file downloaded using Microsoft's Electronic Software Download application, so the file itself is called a Windows Electronic Software Download file. It stores an encrypted Windows Imaging Format (.WIM) file.
- A ZIP file is an archive that contains one or more files compressed or "zipped" using Zip compression. It stores files separately from each other allowing the files to be compressed using different methods and extracted without compressing or decompressing the entire archive.
- MIME Type
- application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed
- application/zip
- Sample
- sample.zip
- Wikipedia
- .esd on Wikipedia
- .zip on Wikipedia