How does the GZip algorithm work?

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How does the GZip file compression algorithm work? If anyone has any documentation on this, I'd like to read it.

A short description of how GZIP works: [http://stackoverflow.com/a/19799494/2066118][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/a/19799494/2066118 — Maciej Gurban, Nov 06 '13 at 10:06
A short description of how the algorithm works: [http://stackoverflow.com/a/19799494/2066118][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/a/19799494/2066118 — Maciej Gurban, Nov 06 '13 at 11:23

score 25 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 27 '11 at 21:42

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If you're still looking for a more detailed overview, I've written up a description of the gzip deflate process, along with source code, at: http://www.infinitepartitions.com/art001.html

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score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 11 '09 at 05:06

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Compression algorithm (deflate)

Gzip User's Manual

Also visit

The gZip home page.

answered Sep 11 '09 at 05:06

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The first two links are broken – alizeyn May 20 '20 at 08:52

How does the GZip algorithm work?

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