What is the difference between .qcow and .bzip2?
- Extension
- .qcow
- .bzip2
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Disk Image
- Compressed
- Developer
- QEMU
- bzip2
- Description
- Qcow is a disk image file format used by the QEMU virtual machine software. It is a copy-on-write format that allows users to take snapshots of a virtual machine and save them to a file. Qcow files can be used to store operating systems, applications, and data, and they are compressed and support encryption.
- 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-qemu-disk
- application/x-bzip2
- Wikipedia
- .qcow on Wikipedia
- .bzip2 on Wikipedia