- Extension
- .z
- .jar
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Developer
- Developer
- Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler.
- Oracle
- Description
- It is an archive file that uses simple compression to compress files in the Unix OS. The files can easily be decompressed on the same OS.
- 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-compress
- application/java-archive
