What is the difference between .jar and .tar?
- Extension
- .jar
- .tar
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Developer
- Other
- Developer
- Oracle
- Jean-loup Gailly
- Description
- A JAR file is a Java archive (JAR) file used by the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), a framework used for executing Java programs. JAR files may serve as program libraries or as standalone programs that run if the JRE is installed on the computer or mobile device.
- Tar archive created by tar, a Unix-based utility used to package files together; contains multiple files stored in an uncompressed format; commonly compressed into a .GZ file using GNU Zip compression.
- MIME Type
- application/java-archive
- application/x-tar
- Sample
- sample.tar
- Wikipedia
- .jar on Wikipedia
- .tar on Wikipedia