Compression

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== Compression schemes used in multiple formats ==
 
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* [[Arithmetic coding]]
 
* [[DEFLATE]]
 
* [[DEFLATE]]
* [[Huffman encoding]]
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* [[Huffman coding]]
* [[Lempel-Zev]]
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* [[Lempel-Ziv]]
 
* [[LZW]]
 
* [[LZW]]
 
* [[LZX]]
 
* [[LZX]]
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* [[Run-length encoding]]
  
 
== Specific formats/programs ==
 
== Specific formats/programs ==

Revision as of 13:57, 23 February 2013

File Format
Name Compression
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Stream compression formats

A stream format takes a stream of bytes, and outputs a different, hopefully smaller, stream of bytes. These compression formats are often used internally in other data structures to compress data, as well as in network protocols, such as http. Used stand-alone, a stream compression format does not offer archiving capability, however in the UNIX doctrine, an archiver like tar can be combined with an archive format to produce a proper compressed archive.

Compression schemes used in multiple formats

Specific formats/programs

See also

  • Archiving (for formats that place multiple files together in one file, with or without compression)
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