DEFLATE

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−	[[DEFLATE]] is a widely used lossless compression algorithm.  For many software implementations that support creation or extraction of [[ZIP]] archive files, DEFLATE is the only compression algorithm supported.  It is also used by [[gzip]] and [[PNG]].	+	[[DEFLATE]] is a widely used lossless compression algorithm.  For many software implementations that support creation or extraction of [[ZIP]] archive files, DEFLATE is the only compression algorithm supported.  It is also used by [[gzip]] and [[PNG]]. The [[PDF]] specification permits a variety of compression schemes, including DEFLATE, which is tagged as FlateDecode.
	== References ==		== References ==
	* [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1951.txt RFC 1951: DEFLATE Compressed Data Format Specification version 1.3]		* [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1951.txt RFC 1951: DEFLATE Compressed Data Format Specification version 1.3]
	* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEFLATE DEFLATE : Wikipedia]		* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEFLATE DEFLATE : Wikipedia]

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File Format
Name	DEFLATE
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Compression DEFLATE

DEFLATE is a widely used lossless compression algorithm. For many software implementations that support creation or extraction of ZIP archive files, DEFLATE is the only compression algorithm supported. It is also used by gzip and PNG. The PDF specification permits a variety of compression schemes, including DEFLATE, which is tagged as FlateDecode.

References

• RFC 1951: DEFLATE Compressed Data Format Specification version 1.3
• DEFLATE : Wikipedia