Zstandard
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| − | For at least some versions of Zstd format, files begin with signature bytes {{magic|25 b5 2f fd}}. | + | For at least some versions of Zstd format, files begin with signature bytes {{magic|25 b5 2f fd}}. For files created since version 0.8.0 (August 2016<ref>https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/tag/v0.8.0</ref>), the header is instead {{magic|28 b5 2f fd}}<ref>https://github.com/facebook/zstd/blob/dev/lib/zstd.h, edeinition of ZSTD_MAGICNUMBER</ref>. | 
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| * [[Wikipedia: Zstandard]] | * [[Wikipedia: Zstandard]] | ||
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Revision as of 02:12, 12 May 2019
Zstandard, or Zstd, is a general-purpose compression algorithm and file format. It is designed to have a good balance between compression ratio, compression speed, and decompression speed.
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Identification
For at least some versions of Zstd format, files begin with signature bytes 25 b5 2f fd. For files created since version 0.8.0 (August 2016[1]), the header is instead 28 b5 2f fd[2].
Software
-  Zstandard → zstd,unzstd,zstdcat
Links
References
- ↑ https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/tag/v0.8.0
- ↑ https://github.com/facebook/zstd/blob/dev/lib/zstd.h, edeinition of ZSTD_MAGICNUMBER

