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.TAR.BZ2 File Extension

File TypeCompressed Tarball File

DeveloperThe GNU Project
Popularity
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CategoryCompressed Files
FormatBinary
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Binary

This file is saved in a binary format, which requires a specific program to read its contents.

What is a TAR.BZ2 file?

TAR archive compressed with the BZ2 compression algorithm; contains one or more compressed files; commonly used for Linux software package distributions.

More Information

The BZ2 compression algorithm incorporates the Burrows-Wheeler compression algorithm as well as Run-Length Encoding (RLE) for high levels of compression. .TAR files are compressed using this algorithm much like .TAR.GZ files.

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Programs that open TAR.BZ2 files
Windows
File Viewer Plus
7-Zip
PeaZip
WinRAR 5
Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe for Windows
Cygwin
Mac
Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe 16
Updated 8/24/2015

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