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'''gzip''' is a [[compression]] format.
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'''gzip''' is a [[compression]] format used primarily in Unix-style operating systems. It has been standardized in an RFC document.
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
  
 
* [[Wikipedia:gzip]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:gzip]]
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* RFC 1952
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* [http://www.gzip.org/ Original gzip]
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* [http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ GNU gzip]

Revision as of 16:16, 28 December 2012

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

gzip is a compression format used primarily in Unix-style operating systems. It has been standardized in an RFC document.

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