Gzip Command in Linux - GeeksforGeeks
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OverviewFile formatImplementationsDerivatives and other usesSee alsoExternal linksgzip is based on the DEFLATE algorithm, which is a combination of LZ77 and Huffman coding. DEFLATE was intended as a replacement for LZW and other patent-encumbered data compression algorithms which, at the time, limited the usability of the compress utility and other popular archivers. "gzip" is often also used to refer to the gzip file format, which is:
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