What is the difference between .msp and .tar?
- Extension
- .msp
- .tar
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Developer
- Other
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Jean-loup Gailly
- Description
- The msp files are used to update the Windows operating system and other Microsoft programs. Typically included with security updates or Microsoft hotfixes.
- Tar archive created by tar, a Unix-based utility used to package files together; contains multiple files stored in an uncompressed format; commonly compressed into a .GZ file using GNU Zip compression.
- MIME Type
- application/octet-stream
- application/x-tar
- Sample
- sample.tar
- Wikipedia
- .tar on Wikipedia