# The difference between JLD and JLD2

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-difference-between-jld-and-jld2/16619>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [October 22, 2018, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-difference-between-jld-and-jld2/16619 "2018-10-22T07:47:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![lannisite110](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df705f/32.png) [@lannisite110](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lannisite110)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-difference-between-jld-and-jld2/16619/1 "2018-10-22T07:47:19Z")

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does any one knows the difference between JLD and JLD2

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 8:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-difference-between-jld-and-jld2/16619/2 "2018-10-22T08:39:59Z")

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Eg people who read the [README](https://github.com/JuliaIO/JLD2.jl#jld2)?