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| Name | TAR |
| Full name | TAR - Tape Archive |
| File extension | .tar |
| MIME type | application/x-tar |
| Developed by | Jean-loup Gailly |
| Type of format | File archiver |
| Description | In computing, tar is a computer software utility for collecting many files into one archive file, often referred to as a tarball, for distribution or backup purposes. The archive data sets created by tar contain various file system parameters, such as time stamps, ownership, file access permissions, and directory organization. |
| Technical details | A tar archive file contains uncompressed byte streams of the files which it contains. To achieve archive compression, a variety of compression programs are available, such as gzip, bzip2, xz, lzip, lzma, or compress, which compress the entire tar archive. |
| Associated programs | TAR |
| Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(computing) |