gzip
gzip is a file format and a file compression program. The program uses the Deflate algorithm to compress and decompress a single file using the gzip file format.
Key facts
- Software.name
- NetBSD Gzip / FreeBSD Gzip
- Software.logo
- Gzip-Logo.svg
- Software.developer
- The NetBSD Foundation
- Software.operating system
- Unix-like, Plan 9, Inferno
- Software.genre
- Data compression
- Software.programming language
- C
- Software.license
- Simplified BSD License
- Software.website
- hide
- File format.name
- gzip (file format)
- File format.extension
- .gz, .tgz, .gzip
- File format.mime
- application/gzip
- File format.developer
- Jean-Loup Gailly
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Archive formatsCross-platform softwareFree data compression softwareFree software programmed in CGNU Project softwareIBM i Qshell commandsInferno (operating system) commandsLossless compression algorithmsPlan 9 commandsSoftware using the GNU General Public LicenseUnix archivers and compression-related utilities