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'''gzip''' is a [[compression]] format used primarily in Unix-style operating systems, but available cross-platform. It has been standardized in an RFC document.
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'''gzip''' is a compressed file format and command line utility used primarily on Unix-style operating systems, but available cross-platform. It uses [[DEFLATE]] compression.
  
== See also ==
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== Specifications ==
 
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* [[Wikipedia:gzip]]
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* RFC 1952
 
* RFC 1952
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== Software ==
 
* [http://www.gzip.org/ Original gzip]
 
* [http://www.gzip.org/ Original gzip]
 
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ GNU gzip]
 
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ GNU gzip]
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== Links ==
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* [[Wikipedia:gzip|Wikipedia article]]

Revision as of 01:14, 2 May 2013

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

gzip is a compressed file format and command line utility used primarily on Unix-style operating systems, but available cross-platform. It uses DEFLATE compression.

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