What is the difference between .mbr and .bzip2?
- Extension
- .mbr
- .bzip2
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Disk Image
- Compressed
- Developer
- IBM
- bzip2
- Description
- MBR was introduced by IBM PC. It is called Master Boot Record as it's a unique boot sector found at the beginning of a drive. It stores the OS boot loader and information on the drive's logical partitions.
- 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-msdos-program
- application/x-bzip2
- Wikipedia
- .mbr on Wikipedia
- .bzip2 on Wikipedia