TAR to 7Z - Convert archive online
Conversion Results:
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How to convert TAR to 7Z:
1. Click the "Choose Files" button to select multiple files on your computer or click the "URL" button to choose an online file from URL, Google Drive or Dropbox. The source archive format can be 7Z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP, AR, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LZH, RAR, RPM, VDI, VHD, WIM, XAR and Z.
2. Choose target archive format. The target archive format can be 7Z, TAR, ZIP and WIM.
3. Click the "Convert Now!" button to start batch conversion. The output files will be listed in the "Conversion Results" section. Click icon to show file QR code or save file to cloud storage services such as Google Drive or Dropbox.
TAR vs 7Z:
| Name | TAR | 7z |
| Full name | Tape Archive | 7z Archive |
| File extension | .tar | .7z |
| MIME | application/x-tar | application/x-7z-compressed |
| Developed by | AT&T Bell Laboratories | Igor Pavlov |
| Type of format | File archiver | Data compression |
| Introduction | 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. | 7z is a compressed archive file format that supports several different data compression, encryption and pre-processing algorithms. The 7z format initially appeared as implemented by the 7-Zip archiver. The 7-Zip program is publicly available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. |
| 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. | The main features of 7z format: Open architecture, High compression ratio, Strong AES-256 encryption, Ability of using any compression, conversion or encryption method, Supporting files with sizes up to 16000000000 GB, Unicode file names, Solid compressing, Archive headers compressing. |
| Associated programs | TAR | 7-Zip |
| Sample file | sample.tar | sample.7z |
| Wikipedia | TAR on Wikipedia | 7Z on Wikipedia |