What is the difference between .lha and .tar.gz?
- Extension
- .lha
- .tar.gz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- Haruyasu Yoshizaki
- The GNU Project
- Description
- The LHA (also known as LHARC) file type is a compressed archive format developed by Haruyasu Yoshizaki. It primarily uses the LZSS algorithm and Huffman coding for compression, enabling the efficient packaging of multiple files and directories into a single, smaller file. Initially designed for use in the DOS operating system, LHA became popular in Japan and was widely adopted for software distribution on platforms such as Amiga and early versions of Windows.
- 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/lha
- application/gzip
- Sample
- sample.tar.gz
- Wikipedia
- .lha on Wikipedia
- .tar.gz on Wikipedia