gzip

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command-line program file compression utility free software

gzip is a widely used GNU file compression utility that reduces file size using the DEFLATE algorithm, commonly producing .gz archives on Unix-like systems.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
gzip canonical 2
GNU Gzip 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf command-line program ⓘ
file compression utility ⓘ
free software ⓘ
archiveBehavior compresses single files only ⓘ
basedOn Huffman ⓘ
surface form: Huffman coding

LZ77 ⓘ
commandName gzip ⓘ
commonArchiveExtension .tar.gz ⓘ
.tgz ⓘ
commonCombination tar ⓘ
compressionMethod lossless compression ⓘ
defaultCompressionLevel 6 ⓘ
developer GNU Project ⓘ
Jean-loup Gailly ⓘ
fileExtension .gz ⓘ
.svgz ⓘ
.tgz ⓘ
firstReleased 1992 ⓘ
license GNU General Public License ⓘ
maintainedBy Free Software Foundation ⓘ
mimetype application/gzip ⓘ
operatingSystem BSD ⓘ
Linux ⓘ
Unix-like systems ⓘ
macOS ⓘ
partOf GNU Hurd ⓘ
surface form: GNU operating system
platform POSIX ⓘ
relatedCommand gunzip ⓘ
zcat ⓘ
zgrep ⓘ
relatedFormat ZIP ⓘ
zlib ⓘ
replaces UNIX compress utility ⓘ
compress ⓘ
requires tar for multi-file archives ⓘ
supportsFunction file compression ⓘ
file decompression ⓘ
stream compression ⓘ
supportsOption -1 ⓘ
-9 ⓘ
-c ⓘ
-d ⓘ
-k ⓘ
-r ⓘ
typicalUse reducing file size for network transfer ⓘ
reducing file size for storage ⓘ
usesAlgorithm DEFLATE ⓘ
writtenIn C ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GNU Tar → supportsCompression → gzip ⓘ
GNU userland → includesComponent → gzip ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU Gzip
lzip → comparedWith → gzip ⓘ