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CompressionAlgorithm
Lvl | Type, Domain name and/or Mnemonic code | Concept ID | Mnemonic | Print Name | Definition/Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | L: (Z) | C10624 | Z | compress | Original UNIX compress algorithm and file format using the LZC algorithm (a variant of LZW). Patent encumbered and less efficient than deflate.
1 | L: (DF) | C10621 | DF | deflate | The deflate compressed data format as specified in RFC 1951 [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1951.txt].
1 | L: (GZ) | C10622 | GZ | gzip | A compressed data format that is compatible with the widely used GZIP utility as specified in RFC 1952 [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1952.txt] (uses the deflate algorithm).
1 | L: (ZL) | C10623 | ZL | zlib | A compressed data format that also uses the deflate algorithm. Specified as RFC 1950 [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1952.txt]

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