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'''tzip''' is a file compression utility, and its associated compressed file format. It was written by Adam McKee. It uses [[Burrows–Wheeler transform]] compression. It's designed such that it could be used as a drop-in replacement for [[gzip]] (although [[bzip2]] should be preferred over tzip).
 
'''tzip''' is a file compression utility, and its associated compressed file format. It was written by Adam McKee. It uses [[Burrows–Wheeler transform]] compression. It's designed such that it could be used as a drop-in replacement for [[gzip]] (although [[bzip2]] should be preferred over tzip).
  

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File Format
Name tzip
Ontology
Extension(s) .tz
Released ≤1998

tzip is a file compression utility, and its associated compressed file format. It was written by Adam McKee. It uses Burrows–Wheeler transform compression. It's designed such that it could be used as a drop-in replacement for gzip (although bzip2 should be preferred over tzip).

[edit] Identification

Files begin with a two-byte ASCII signature: "TZ". The third byte is always 0x00 in all known versions.

[edit] See also

  • Tzip an unrelated compression format with the same name.

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