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== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
For at least some versions of Zstd format, files begin with signature bytes {{magic|25 b5 2f fd}}.
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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>.
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
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* RFC 8478
 
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* [[Wikipedia: Zstandard]]
 
* [[Wikipedia: Zstandard]]
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Revision as of 02:12, 12 May 2019

File Format
Name Zstandard
Ontology
Extension(s) .zst
Released 2015

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].

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References

  1. https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/tag/v0.8.0
  2. https://github.com/facebook/zstd/blob/dev/lib/zstd.h, edeinition of ZSTD_MAGICNUMBER
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