RFC 1951: DEFLATE Compressed Data Format Specification version 1.3
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This specification defines a lossless compressed data format that compresses data using a combination of the LZ77 algorithm and Huffman coding, with efficiency comparable to the best currently available general-purpose compression methods. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC1951
- Published
- May 1996
- Authors
- P. Deutsch
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 17
- Also known as
- —
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