Network Working Group P. Deutsch
Request for Comments: 1951 Aladdin Enterprises
Category: Informational May 1996
DEFLATE Compressed Data Format Specification version 1.3
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Abstract
This specification defines a lossless compressed data format that compresses data using a combination of
the LZ77 algorithmand Huffman coding, with efficiency comparable to the best currently available general-
purpose compression methods. The data can be produced or consumed, even for an arbitrarily long sequen-
tiallypresentedinputdatastream, usingonlyan aprioriboundedamount of intermediatestorage. The format
can be implemented readily in a manner not covered by patents.
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