The TAR-GZ file extension is the same as the TGZ file. The reason for the name changed was because MO-DOS operating system would not recognize a file with two dots in the name. The TAR-GZ file is a TAR archive file that is compressed by the standard GNU zip compression algorithm. It compresses multiple files […]
Compressed Files
File Format
Description
CBZ File
The Comic Book ZIP Archive, CBZ file, is multiple JPEG, PNG, or static GIF compressed into a single RAR archive. Essentially, the ZIP extension has been renamed to CBZ. It can have ordered pages that can be viewed one or two at a time. Because of the page feature, the CBZ file is used to […]
RPM File
The Red Hat Package Manager file, RPM, is a file that stores installation packages and the files are primarily on Linux operating systems. Installations and upgrades are streamlined because of RPM files. Although created for the Red Hat Linux, RPM files are used in many different Linux distributions. It is not limited to Linux; RPM […]
WHL File
The Wheel Package, WHL file, is a package contains the files to install Python and the metadata. The WHL file is a ZIP-format archive. There are three different types of WHL files. Firstly, there is the Universal Wheel which only has the Python files, natively supports Python 2 and 3, and has no complied extensions. […]