- Extension
- .taz
- .gz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- GNU
- The GNU Project
- Description
- A TAZ file is essentially a compressed archive created using the Unix-based Tar archiving utility, with compression applied through the compress program. The "tar" part of the filename stands for "tape archive," reflecting the utility's origins in backing up data to tape drives, while the "z" indicates that the archive has been compressed using the Lempel-Ziv (LZ) algorithm to reduce its size.
- This is a compressed archive file that contains one or more files compressed by standard GNU zip (gzip) compression algorithm. It is mainly used by Unix OS.
- MIME Type
- application/x-compressed
- application/x-compressed
