TAR to ZIP - Convert archive online
Conversion Results:
| # | Output File | Source File | Action |
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How to convert TAR to ZIP:
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 ZIP:
| Name | TAR | ZIP |
| Full name | Tape Archive | ZIP Archive |
| File extension | .tar | .zip, .zipx |
| MIME | application/x-tar | application/zip |
| Developed by | AT&T Bell Laboratories | Phil Katz, PKWARE, Inc. |
| 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. | ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. A .ZIP file may contain one or more files or directories that may have been compressed. The .ZIP file format permits a number of compression algorithms, though DEFLATE is the most common. |
| 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. | ZIP files are archives that store multiple files. .ZIP allows contained files to be compressed using many different methods, as well as simply storing a file without compressing it. Each file is stored separately, allowing different files in the same archive to be compressed using different methods. |
| Associated programs | TAR | Microsoft Windows, WinZip, WinRAR, IZarc, Info-ZIP, 7-Zip, PeaZip, B1 Free Archiver, DotNetZip. |
| Sample file | sample.tar | sample.zip |
| Wikipedia | TAR on Wikipedia | ZIP on Wikipedia |