What is the difference between .tar.gz and .bzip2?
- Extension
- .tar.gz
- .bzip2
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- The GNU Project
- bzip2
- Description
- It's a TAR archive file compressed using GNU zip compression codec. Mainly used by Linux OS to package programs, files, and installers.
- 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/gzip
- application/x-bzip2
- Sample
- sample.tar.gz
- Wikipedia
- .tar.gz on Wikipedia
- .bzip2 on Wikipedia