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What (who) is gzip - definition
GNU FILE COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION TOOL
GNU Zip; .gz; GNU zip; Gunzip; GZip; Zcat (Unix); Zcat; Gzip compression; .tgz; .gzip; Gzip encoding; GZIP; GNU Gzip; Gzip (file format); Gz (file format); Gzip (File format)
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gzip
<tool, compression> GNU compression utility. Gzip reduces
the size of the named files using Lempel-Ziv {LZ77
compression}. Whenever possible, each file is replaced by one
with the filename extension ".gz". Compressed files can be
restored to their original form using gzip -d or gunzip or
zcat.
The Unix "compress" utility is patented (by two separate
patents, in fact) and is thus shunned by the GNU Project since
it is not free software. They have therefore chosen gzip,
which is free of any known software patents and which tends
to compress better anyway. All compressed files in the GNU
anonymous FTP area (gnu.org/pub/gnu) are in gzip
format and their names end in ".gz" (as opposed to
"compress"-compressed files, which end in ".Z").
Gzip can uncompress "compress"-compressed files and "pack"
files (which end in ".z"). The decompression algorithms are
not patented, only compression is.
The gzip program is available from any GNU archive site in
shar, tar, or gzipped tar format (for those who already
have a prior version of gzip and want faster data
transmission). It works on virtually every Unix system,
MS-DOS, OS/2 and VMS.
gunzip
<tool, compression> The decompression utility corresponding to
gzip. In operating systems with links, gunzip is just a
link to gzip and its function can be invoked by passing a "-d"
flag to gzip.
(1996-01-03)
tape archive
COMPUTER FILE FORMAT THAT CAN COMBINE MULTIPLE FILES INTO A SINGLE FILE CALLED "TARBALL"
Tar (computer); Tar.gz; TAR file format; Tar (Unix); Tar file format; .tar; Tar file; Tar archive; GNU tar; .tar (file format); Tar (file); TAR (file); Kdat; Tarbomb; Mxtar; .tar.gz.gpg; Tape archive; .tar.gz; Tar.bz2; .tar.bz2; Gnu tar; Gtar; Tar.gz.gpg; Tape Archive; Tarchive; Ustar; Tar gzip; Tarpipe; Tar gz; Linux Command: tar; Tar.Z; Tar.xz; .tar.gz file; Star (Unix); Lzm (file format); TAR (file format); .txz; Tar (file format); Tar command; Tarfile; Tar (software); Tar (command); .tar.xz; .tar.lzma; .tlz; .tb2; .tbz; .tbz2; .tar.Z; .tZ; .tar.lz; Tarball (computing); Tar (program); Libarchive; .tar.lzo; .tar.zst
Wikipedia
Gzip
gzip is a file format and a software application used for file compression and decompression. The program was created by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler as a free software replacement for the compress program used in early Unix systems, and intended for use by GNU (from where the "g" of gzip is derived). Version 0.1 was first publicly released on 31 October 1992, and version 1.0 followed in February 1993.
The decompression of the gzip format can be implemented as a streaming algorithm, an important feature for Web protocols, data interchange and ETL (in standard pipes) applications.
