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Bzip2

bzip2 is a file format and a file compression program. The program uses the Burrows–Wheeler algorithm to compress and decompress a single file using the bzip2 file format. libbzip2 is a lossless data compression software library used by the bzip2 program.

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Developers
Mark Wielaard · Federico Mena · Micah Snyder
License
Modified zlib license
Operating system
Unix-like, Windows
Original author
Julian Seward
Release
18 July 1996; 30 years ago (1996-07-18)
Repository
sourceware.org/git/bzip2.git (1.0.x) gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2 (1.1.x)

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Bzip2

Nodes51
Edges50
Triples66
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.039216
Components1

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Bzip2

Top relations

related to Implementation · 13
Bzip2 → Burrows, BWT, Delta, Huffman, Huffman-code, Move-to-front, MTF, RLE, Run-length, Selection, Sparse, Unary, Wheeler
related to Differences from bzip · 11
Bzip2 → August, Due, Federico Mena, Following, Huffman, July, June, Micah Snyder, Seward, Since June, The
related to External links · 10
Bzip2 → Classic Mac OS, Command, Feature, February, LINFO, Mac OS, The, The Linux Information Project, Wayback Machine, WindowsMacBzip2 Archived
related to Efficiency · 8
Bzip2 → Burrows, Deflate, Huffman, It, LZMA, LZW, The, Wheeler
related to history · 5
Bzip2 → Added, Currently, First, GB, Large
related to File format · 4
Bzip2 → As, CRC, No, The
Developers · 3
Bzip2 → Federico Mena, Mark Wielaard, Micah Snyder
License · 1
Bzip2 → Modified zlib license
Operating system · 1
Bzip2 → Unix-like, Windows
Original author · 1
Bzip2 → Julian Seward

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Important terminology

huffman compression data symbols used file transform block use mtf bit format run-length encoding decompression coding blocks algorithm program move-to-front

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Bzip2DevelopersMark Wielaard1.00infobox
Bzip2DevelopersFederico Mena1.00infobox
Bzip2DevelopersMicah Snyder1.00infobox
Bzip2LicenseModified zlib license1.00infobox
Bzip2Operating systemUnix-like, Windows1.00infobox
Bzip2Original authorJulian Seward1.00infobox
Bzip2Release18 July 1996; 30 years ago (1996-07-18)1.00infobox
Bzip2Repositorysourceware.org/git/bzip2.git (1.0.x) gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2 (1.1.x)1.00infobox
Bzip2Stable release1.0.8 / 13 July 2019; 7 years ago (2019-07-13)1.00infobox
Bzip2TypeData compression1.00infobox
Bzip2Websitesourceware.org/bzip2 (1.0.x)1.00infobox
Bzip2is afile format and a file compression program0.90text

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