What is the difference between .lzma and .tar.7z?
- Extension
- .lzma
- .tar.7z
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- 7-Zip
- Igor Pavlov
- 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.
- This format works based on the LZMA principle compression algorithm. It was originally used in 7-Zip archives. tar.7z archives were created for storing info about file owners and for ease of use in Unix systems, based on a TAR archiving tool.
- MIME Type
- application/x-lzma
- application/x-7z-compressed
- Sample
- sample.lzma
- Wikipedia
- .lzma on Wikipedia
- .tar.7z on Wikipedia