View source for ZSQ (LZW compression)

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|formattype=electronic
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|extensions={{ext|?z?}}, {{ext|zzz}}
|released=1985
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'''ZSQ''' is a file compression utility developed by Wayne Chin and Arvind Kumar. It describes itself as "File Squeezer using [[LZW]] compression algorithm". The companion decompression utility is '''ZUSQ'''.

ZSQ might have been a contestant in the race to make a usable format based on [[LZWCOM]], but lost to [[ARC (compression format)|ARC]] and [[Crunch]]. It uses the same file naming pattern as [[Crunch]].

== Identification ==
Files apparently start with ASCII "{{magic|WACK}}".

== Software ==
* {{CdTextfiles|carousel/013C/ZSQUSQ.ZIP|ZSQUSQ.ZIP}} - ZSQ v1.0 and ZUSQ v1.0 (DOS software)
* {{Deark}}

== Sample files ==
* {{DexvertSamples|archive/zsq}}