Top "Compression" questions

The name given to the process of encoding data such that it uses lesser number of bits as compared to the original representation.

An efficient compression algorithm for short text strings

I'm searching for an algorithm to compress small text strings: 50-1000 bytes (i.e. URLs). Which algorithm works best for …

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pdftk compression option

I use pdftk to compress a pdf using the following command line pdftk file1.pdf output file2.pdf compress It …

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Create normal zip file programmatically

I have seen many tutorials on how to compress a single file in c#. But I need to be able …

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How to enable GZIP compression in IIS 7.5

I want to compress my files using GZIP. Can you share the web.config code for compressing files with GZIP? …

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Best JavaScript compressor

What is the the best JavaScript compressor available? I'm looking for a tool that: is easy to use has a …

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Create a .tar.bz2 file Linux

On my Linux machine, I wish to create a .tar.bz2 file of a certain folder. Once I place myself …

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How do I create 7-Zip archives with .NET?

How can I create 7-Zip archives from my C# console application? I need to be able to extract the archives …

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Reducing video size with same format and reducing frame size

This question might be very basic Is there a way to reduce the frame size/rate of Lossy compressed (WMV, …

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Node.js: Gzip compression?

Am I wrong in finding that Node.js does no gzip compression and there are no modules out there to …

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How to create full compressed tar file using Python?

How can I create a .tar.gz file with compression in Python?

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