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[[Brotli]] is a compressed data format developed by Google. It is designed for a high compression ratio, and fast decompression.
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[[Brotli]] is a compressed data format developed by Google. It is designed for a high compression ratio, and fast decompression. When used as a web content compression encoding, it uses <code>br</code> in the <code>Accept-Encoding</code> header so that a browser can signal support; this support is present in newer versions of Firefox and Chrome as of early 2016.
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While the addition of this format to Firefox/Mozilla was still under discussion, there was a bit of a mini-flap over earlier proposals to use "bro" as the encoding identifier (and file extension for Brotli-compressed files), as this was deemed by some to be [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=366559#c147 misogynistic]. After some debate over <code>bro</code> vs. <code>brotli</code> vs. <code>br</code>, the shorter of these was ultimately adopted.
  
 
== Specifications ==
 
== Specifications ==
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* RFC 7932
 
* [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-alakuijala-brotli/ Brotli Compressed Data Format] (draft)
 
* [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-alakuijala-brotli/ Brotli Compressed Data Format] (draft)
 
* [https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-alakuijala-brotli-07 Earlier draft version (07)]
 
* [https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-alakuijala-brotli-07 Earlier draft version (07)]
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* [http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2015/09/introducing-brotli-new-compression.html Introducing Brotli]
 
* [http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2015/09/introducing-brotli-new-compression.html Introducing Brotli]
 
* [[Wikipedia:Brotli|Wikipedia article]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:Brotli|Wikipedia article]]
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* [http://calendar.perfplanet.com/2015/new-years-diet-brotli-compression/ New Year’s Diet: Brotli Compression]
  
 
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File Format
Name Brotli
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Extension(s) .br
Released 2013
Brotli is a compressed data format developed by Google. It is designed for a high compression ratio, and fast decompression. When used as a web content compression encoding, it uses br in the Accept-Encoding header so that a browser can signal support; this support is present in newer versions of Firefox and Chrome as of early 2016.

While the addition of this format to Firefox/Mozilla was still under discussion, there was a bit of a mini-flap over earlier proposals to use "bro" as the encoding identifier (and file extension for Brotli-compressed files), as this was deemed by some to be misogynistic. After some debate over bro vs. brotli vs. br, the shorter of these was ultimately adopted.

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