What is the difference between .jar and .zip?
- Extension
- .jar
- .zip
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Developer
- Compressed
- Developer
- Oracle
- Phil Katz
- 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 ZIP file is an archive that contains one or more files compressed or "zipped" using Zip compression. It stores files separately from each other allowing the files to be compressed using different methods and extracted without compressing or decompressing the entire archive.
- MIME Type
- application/java-archive
- application/zip
- Sample
- sample.zip
- Wikipedia
- .jar on Wikipedia
- .zip on Wikipedia