Gzip

File Format
Name	gzip
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Compression gzip
Extension(s)	.gz
MIME Type(s)	application/x-gzip
PRONOM	x-fmt/266

gzip is a compression format used primarily in Unix-style operating systems, but available cross-platform. It has been standardized in an RFC document.

See also

• Wikipedia:gzip
• RFC 1952
• Original gzip
• GNU gzip