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Details for: Tape Archive Format

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Summary
Name	Tape Archive Format
Version
Other names	tar
Identifiers	MIME: application/x-tar Apple Uniform Type Identifier: public.tar-archive PUID: x-fmt/265
Family
Classification	Aggregate
Disclosure
Description	An archive format originally intended to archive files on backup tapes without a file system of their own. TAR files are usually uncompressed.
Orientation	Text
Byte order
Related file formats	Has lower priority than Digital Negative Format (DNG) (1.1)
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	02 Aug 2005
Source description	11/2023 (v.115)- Signature ammended to allow whitespace options. Submitted by National Library of Norway; 04/2024 (v.118): Description and links added as part of PRONOM Research Week 2023. Submitted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Last updated	17 Apr 2024
Note	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(computing) http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Tape_Archive https://fileinfo.com/extension/tar