Compression

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Revision as of 13:30, 20 December 2012

File Format
Name Compression
Ontology

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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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