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tar (Derivative for '''t'''ape '''ar'''chive) is an archival format made by AT&T in 1979 for System 7 UNIX originally intended for backing up on tape drives. | tar (Derivative for '''t'''ape '''ar'''chive) is an archival format made by AT&T in 1979 for System 7 UNIX originally intended for backing up on tape drives. | ||
It does not compress files on its own, that's up to gunzip, bunzip, etc. That's why you see tar archives that may say .tar.gz or .tar.bz instead of just .tar | |||
==Version by User3412 (warning: might have false information)== | |||
The Best and good file archive format (originally for backing up files on tape drives) ever. It was even created by AT&T in 1979, just 10 years before .zip was created | |||
Forgive .zip, use tarballs of programs for downloading programs | |||
.7z is good friends of Tar for 7-Zip | |||