What is the difference between .img and .tar.7z?
- Extension
- .img
- .tar.7z
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Disk Image
- Compressed
- Developer
- Apple Inc.
- Igor Pavlov
- Description
- A disc image file used to store duplicate CD or DVD data and is commonly used to burn new discs and creating backups. It is developed by any disc imaging software like HH Software Virtual CD.
- This format works based on the LZMA principle compression algorithm. It was originally used in 7-Zip archives. tar.7z archives were created for storing info about file owners and for ease of use in Unix systems, based on a TAR archiving tool.
- MIME Type
- application/x-cd-image
- application/x-7z-compressed
- Sample
- sample.img
- Wikipedia
- .img on Wikipedia
- .tar.7z on Wikipedia