What is the difference between .rpm and .tar.z?
- Extension
 - .rpm
 - .tar.z
 
- Format
 - Binary
 - Binary
 
- Category
 - Compressed
 - Compressed
 
- Developer
 - Red Hat
 - The GNU Project
 
- Description
 - The RPM file format, associated with the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM), is a package management system primarily used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and its derivatives like Fedora and CentOS. An RPM file is essentially a container for software or data that allows for easy installation, upgrading, and removal of software on a Linux system. It encapsulates compiled software, metadata about the package such as its version, architecture, and dependencies, and configuration files necessary for the software to run correctly.
 - A TAR.Z file is a Unix TAR archive compressed with a standard Unix compression algorithm to save disk space. It contains one or more compressed files. The file is commonly used on Unix operating systems to archive groups of files.
 
- MIME Type
 - application/x-redhat-package-manager
 - application/x-tarz
 
- Wikipedia
 - .rpm on Wikipedia
 - .tar.z on Wikipedia