GZ
GZ is an archive file format that uses gzip algorithm to compress data. It is frequently used in Unix based Operating Systems. It works similar to ZIP files but it is much compact than ZIP files. It uses the DEFLATE algorithm and combines the LZ77 and Huffman coding to compress files.
TAR
Tar is an archive type file format that is used in UNIX based Operating Systems. It contains file header. It is a packaging file that can integrate multiple files in uncompressed format. TAR files can be compressed using several compression techniques like GZ, GZIP, Z, 7Z, ZIP and LZO etc.
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