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Thursday, January 15, 2015

What is a jar file? How to open it?

Your Quick Fact:

The word: " Jar " stands for Java Archive.

This type of file contains: images, sounds, class files that is often compressed into one single file which is used primarily to distribute java applications and libraries.

Definition:  

A jar file or (.jar) is a type of file with extension .jar that is used in by java.

A jar file is programming language developed and released on the www (World-Wide-Web) in 1995 by the Giant company Sun Mycrosystems.

How to open a Jar file or .jar file ? 

The jar file are file that are compressed or zip file. They contains other small files that can be open by using a decompression software, such as an unzip utility. Examples: 
7-Zip , WinRar , WinZip , OpenZip.