What is the difference between .mbr and .tar.gz?
- Extension
- .mbr
- .tar.gz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Disk Image
- Compressed
- Developer
- IBM
- The GNU Project
- 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'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/x-msdos-program
- application/gzip
- Sample
- sample.tar.gz
- Wikipedia
- .mbr on Wikipedia
- .tar.gz on Wikipedia