Lzop

lzop is a data compression utility and compressed file format, designed for very fast compression and decompression. It uses Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer (LZO) compression. It can often be used as a drop-in replacement for gzip.

Identification
Files begin with bytes.

Software

 * lzop
 * LZO library - required to build lzop

Links

 * lzop web site
 * Wikipedia: lzop
 * Wikipedia: Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer