What is the difference between .jar and .tgz?
- Extension
- .jar
- .tgz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Developer
- Compressed
- Developer
- Oracle
- GNU
- 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.
- Unix .TAR file archive compressed with Gnu Zip (.GZIP) compression; uses a TAR archive to bundle the files together and Gzip compression to reduce the file size; commonly used on Unix and Linux systems; originally created as the shorthand version of the compound extension .TAR.GZ.
- MIME Type
- application/java-archive
- application/x-compressed
- Sample
- sample.tgz
- Wikipedia
- .jar on Wikipedia
- .tgz on Wikipedia