What is the difference between .jar and .tar.z?
- Extension
- .jar
- .tar.z
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Developer
- Compressed
- Developer
- Oracle
- The GNU Project
- 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.
- A TAR.Z file is a Unix TAR archive compressed with a standard Unix compression algorithm to save disk space. It contains one or more compressed files. The file is commonly used on Unix operating systems to archive groups of files.
- MIME Type
- application/java-archive
- application/x-tarz
- Wikipedia
- .jar on Wikipedia
- .tar.z on Wikipedia