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* [[DEFLATE]]
 
* [[DEFLATE]]
 
* [[DivANS]]
 
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* [[Fractal compression]]
 
* [[Fractal compression]]
 
* [[HPACK (HTTP)|HPACK]] (used to compress HTTP headers)
 
* [[HPACK (HTTP)|HPACK]] (used to compress HTTP headers)
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* [[LZSS]] (Lempel–Ziv–Storer–Szymanski)
 
* [[LZSS]] (Lempel–Ziv–Storer–Szymanski)
 
* [[LZW]]
 
* [[LZW]]
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* [[LZX]]
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** [[LZX Delta]]
 
* [[MSZIP]]
 
* [[MSZIP]]
 
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* [[bzip]] (.bz)
 
* [[bzip]] (.bz)
 
* [[bzip2]] (.bz2)
 
* [[bzip2]] (.bz2)
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* [[BZip3]] (.bz3)
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* [[CAZIP]]
 
* [[ChiefLZ]] (.LZZ)
 
* [[ChiefLZ]] (.LZZ)
 
* [[compact (Gene Olson)]] (.W)
 
* [[compact (Gene Olson)]] (.W)
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* [[DACT]]
 
* [[DACT]]
 
* [[DUPA]] (Amiga FileImploder Clone)
 
* [[DUPA]] (Amiga FileImploder Clone)
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* [[EDI Install archive]]
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* [[EDI Install packed file]]
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* [[EDI LZSSLib]]
 
* [[Error Code Modeler]] (.ecm)
 
* [[Error Code Modeler]] (.ecm)
 
* [[File Imploder]] (Amiga) (.imp)
 
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* [[The JAM Packer]]
 
* [[The JAM Packer]]
 
* [[JCalG1]] (.jc, Commodore Amiga)
 
* [[JCalG1]] (.jc, Commodore Amiga)
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* [[Kboom11]]
 
* [[lrzip]] (.lrz)
 
* [[lrzip]] (.lrz)
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* [[LZARI]]
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* [[LZHUF]]
 
* [[Lzip]] (.lz)
 
* [[Lzip]] (.lz)
 
* [[LZMA Alone|LZMA_Alone]] (.lzma)
 
* [[LZMA Alone|LZMA_Alone]] (.lzma)
 
* [[lzop]] (.lzo)
 
* [[lzop]] (.lzo)
 
* [[LZS221]]
 
* [[LZS221]]
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* [[LZSS (Haruhiko Okumura)]]
 
* [[LZWCOM]]
 
* [[LZWCOM]]
 
* [[LzwPak]]
 
* [[LzwPak]]
* [[LZX]]
 
 
* [[Mozilla LZ4]] (.jsonlz4)
 
* [[Mozilla LZ4]] (.jsonlz4)
 
* [[MS-DOS installation compression]] (.??_)
 
* [[MS-DOS installation compression]] (.??_)
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* [[NOAH]]
 
* [[NPack]]
 
* [[NPack]]
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* [[NRV (Not Really Vanished)]]
 
* [[Oodle Data Compression]]
 
* [[Oodle Data Compression]]
 
* [[pack (Unix)]] (.z)
 
* [[pack (Unix)]] (.z)
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* [[PGNPack]]
 
* [[PowerPacker]] (.pp)
 
* [[PowerPacker]] (.pp)
 
* [[Pro-Pack]]
 
* [[Pro-Pack]]
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* [[Quasijarus Strong Compression]]
 
* [[Quasijarus Strong Compression]]
 
* [[RAC]]
 
* [[RAC]]
* [[RK]] (WinRK)
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* [[RKUC]]
 
* [[rzip]] (.rz)
 
* [[rzip]] (.rz)
 
* [[SCO compress LZH]]
 
* [[SCO compress LZH]]
 
* [[SEMONE]] (.one)
 
* [[SEMONE]] (.one)
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* [[SFDN Packer]]
 
* [[SHARC]] (density)
 
* [[SHARC]] (density)
 
* [[Softdisk Text Compressor]] (.ctx)
 
* [[Softdisk Text Compressor]] (.ctx)
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* [[Splint]]
 
* [[SQ2]]
 
* [[SQ2]]
 
* [[Squash (RISC OS)|Squash]] - single file compression on RISC OS
 
* [[Squash (RISC OS)|Squash]] - single file compression on RISC OS
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* [[TERSE]]
 
* [[TERSE]]
 
* [[Top4]]
 
* [[Top4]]
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* [[TTCOMP]]
 
* [[TTW]]
 
* [[TTW]]
 
* [[tzip]]
 
* [[tzip]]
 
* [[Tzip (Text ZIP)]]
 
* [[Tzip (Text ZIP)]]
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* [[UHBC]]
 
* [[WWPACK]]
 
* [[WWPACK]]
 
* [[XPK]]
 
* [[XPK]]
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(A mostly-obsolete technique in which a background process hooks into the OS and decompresses files transparently when they are read. ''Compression'' might be done manually. The line between this and ''Disk compression'' can be blurry.)
 
(A mostly-obsolete technique in which a background process hooks into the OS and decompresses files transparently when they are read. ''Compression'' might be done manually. The line between this and ''Disk compression'' can be blurry.)
  
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* [[AFX (Atari ST)]]
 
* [[CFS (Computer Concepts Compression)]]
 
* [[CFS (Computer Concepts Compression)]]
 
* [[DIET (compression)|DIET]]
 
* [[DIET (compression)|DIET]]

Revision as of 22:02, 25 June 2022

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 algorithms and compressed data formats

(excluding formats usually used as file formats)

Graphics compression

See Graphics#Compression for compression formats used primarily with graphics.

Specific file formats/programs

(multi-file compressors are in Archiving)

Transparent file compression

(A mostly-obsolete technique in which a background process hooks into the OS and decompresses files transparently when they are read. Compression might be done manually. The line between this and Disk compression can be blurry.)

Disk compression

(Transparent disk compression software and the like, excluding filesystem formats.)

For filesystem formats that feature compression, see Filesystem (especially Filesystem#Compressed filesystems).

Executable compression

See Executable compression.

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