What is the difference between .img and .tar.gz?
- Extension
- .img
- .tar.gz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Disk Image
- Compressed
- Developer
- Apple Inc.
- The GNU Project
- 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.
- 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/x-cd-image
- application/gzip
- Sample
- sample.img
- sample.tar.gz
- Wikipedia
- .img on Wikipedia
- .tar.gz on Wikipedia