What is the difference between .tar.lz and .jar?
- Extension
- .tar.lz
- .jar
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Developer
- Developer
- Lzip
- Oracle
- Description
- "Tarball" (.TAR file) compressed with Lzip, a lossless data compressor based on the LZMA (Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain) algorithm, and therefore uses the compound file extension ".tar.lz;" often used for distributing linux software packages.
- A JAR file is a Java archive (JAR) file used by the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), a framework used for executing Java programs. JAR files may serve as program libraries or as standalone programs that run if the JRE is installed on the computer or mobile device.
- MIME Type
- application/x-lzip-compressed-tar
- application/java-archive
- Wikipedia
- .tar.lz on Wikipedia
- .jar on Wikipedia