Tar
A Tar Archive (also known as simply "tar") is a file format used to store and transfer files, originally found on Unix-based operating systems. As of Windows 10, it is also supported in PowerShell.
Tar allows users to create compressed archives of multiple files that can be easily transferred over networks. Using archive formats such as Tar can result in more stable data restoration due to its ability to preserve symlinks and permissions.
How it all works
Tar Archives are created by concatenating one file after another into a single stream, which is then written out as an archive with its own header and footer information for easy identification when the user wants to extract individual files from it later on. The resulting tar archive can be compressed using various compression algorithms like gzip or bz2 that further reduce their size.
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