What is the difference between .lzma and .bzip2?
- Extension
- .lzma
- .bzip2
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- 7-Zip
- bzip2
- Description
- A compressed file format that uses LZMA (Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain Algorithm) compression for higher compression ratio and fast decompression. Mainly used by 7-Zip file archivers.
- It is an open-source file compressor and decompressor that is freely available and uses the Burrows-Wheeler codec. It isn't a file archiver as it compresses single files.
- MIME Type
- application/x-lzma
- application/x-bzip2
- Sample
- sample.lzma
- Wikipedia
- .lzma on Wikipedia
- .bzip2 on Wikipedia