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Dexvertbot: Undo revision 47342 by Dexvertbot (talk)

2023-12-28T04:56:13Z

Undo revision 47342 by Dexvertbot (talk)

Dexvertbot: Change telparia.com samples link to template

2023-12-28T04:55:30Z

Change telparia.com samples link to template

Jsummers: Redirected page to Gzip

2017-07-05T15:03:15Z

Redirected page to Gzip

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#REDIRECT [[Gzip]]

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-{{FormatInfo
+#REDIRECT [[Gzip]]
-|name=gzip
-|formattype=electronic
-|subcat=Compression
-|extensions={{ext|gz}}
-|mimetypes={{mimetype|application/x-gzip}}
-|pronom={{PRONOM|x-fmt/266}}
-|wikidata={{wikidata|Q10287816}}
-}}
-'''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.
-−
-== Identification ==
-gzip files begin with two signature bytes: {{magic|0x1F 0x8B}}. The third byte indicates the compression method, and is normally <code>0x08</code> (meaning DEFLATE).
-−
-gzip 0.5 apparently used [[Freeze/Melt]] 1.x format, with signature bytes {{magic|0x1F 0x9E}}.
-−
-== Specifications ==
-* RFC 1952
-== Sample files ==
-* {{DexvertSamples|archive/gz}}
-−
-== Software ==
-* [http://www.gzip.org Original gzip]
-* [https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ GNU gzip]
-* [[7-Zip]]
-* [https://zlib.net zlib]
-* [https://github.com/google/zopfli zopfli] (Gzip-compatible, better compression, but very slow compression)
-* [http://pastebin.com/kYKpfUjd Tiny gzip decompressor without using zlib] (C++)
-* {{Deark}}
-−
-See also [[DEFLATE#Software]].
-−
-== Links ==
-* [[Wikipedia:gzip|Wikipedia article]]
-* [http://www.infinitepartitions.com/cgi-bin/showarticle.cgi?article=art001 Dissecting the GZIP format]
-* [https://twitter.com/angealbertini/status/534817626342436864/photo/1 Chart of format]
-* [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20762094/how-are-zlib-gzip-and-zip-related-what-do-they-have-in-common-and-how-are-they/20765054#20765054 How are zlib, gzip and Zip related? What do they have in common and how are they different?] - Response to StackOverflow question by zlib/gzip co-creator Mark Adler
-* [[GZSteg]] - hiding a file within a gzip

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−	~~#REDIRECT~~ [[Gzip]]	+	{{FormatInfo
		+	\|name=gzip
		+	\|formattype=electronic
		+	\|subcat=Compression
		+	\|extensions={{ext\|gz}}
		+	\|mimetypes={{mimetype\|application/x-gzip}}
		+	\|pronom={{PRONOM\|x-fmt/266}}
		+	\|wikidata={{wikidata\|Q10287816}}
		+	}}
		+	'''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.
		+
		+	== Identification ==
		+	gzip files begin with two signature bytes: {{magic\|0x1F 0x8B}}. The third byte indicates the compression method, and is normally <code>0x08</code> (meaning DEFLATE).
		+
		+	gzip 0.5 apparently used [[Freeze/Melt]] 1.x format, with signature bytes {{magic\|0x1F 0x9E}}.
		+
		+	== Specifications ==
		+	* RFC 1952
		+	== Sample files ==
		+	* {{DexvertSamples\|archive/gz}}
		+
		+	== Software ==
		+	* [http://www.gzip.org Original gzip]
		+	* [https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ GNU gzip]
		+	* [[7-Zip]]
		+	* [https://zlib.net zlib]
		+	* [https://github.com/google/zopfli zopfli] (Gzip-compatible, better compression, but very slow compression)
		+	* [http://pastebin.com/kYKpfUjd Tiny gzip decompressor without using zlib] (C++)
		+	* {{Deark}}
		+
		+	See also [[DEFLATE#Software]].
		+
		+	== Links ==
		+	* [[Wikipedia:gzip\|Wikipedia article]]
		+	* [http://www.infinitepartitions.com/cgi-bin/showarticle.cgi?article=art001 Dissecting the GZIP format]
		+	* [https://twitter.com/angealbertini/status/534817626342436864/photo/1 Chart of format]
		+	* [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20762094/how-are-zlib-gzip-and-zip-related-what-do-they-have-in-common-and-how-are-they/20765054#20765054 How are zlib, gzip and Zip related? What do they have in common and how are they different?] - Response to StackOverflow question by zlib/gzip co-creator Mark Adler
		+	* [[GZSteg]] - hiding a file within a gzip