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Dissecting the gzip format (2011)
In this article I describe the DEFLATE algorithm that GZIP implements and depends on. The DEFLATE algorithm uses a combination of LZ77, Huffman codes and run-length-encoding; this article describes each in detail by walking through an example and developing source code to implement the algorithm. My aim is to…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Sep 15, 2024 | Dissecting the gzip format (2011) by solannou | 113 | 55 |
| Dec 17, 2013 | Dissecting the GZIP format (2011) by siromoney | 102 | 19 |
| Jun 21, 2016 | Dissecting the GZIP format (2011) by Tomte | 57 | 5 |
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