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.

Compress files while reading data from STDIN

Is it possible to compress (create a compressed archive) data while reading from stdin on Linux?

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Extracting zip file contents to specific directory in Python 2.7

This is the code I am currently using to extract a zip file that lives in the same current working …

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Twitter image encoding challenge

If a picture's worth 1000 words, how much of a picture can you fit in 140 characters? Note: That's it folks! Bounty …

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How to implement GZip compression in ASP.NET?

I am trying to implement GZip compression for my asp.net page (including my CSS and JS files). I tried …

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Reducing the file size of a very large images, without changing the image dimensions

Consider an application handling uploading of potentially very large PNG files. All uploaded files must be stored to disk for …

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Decompress gzip and zlib string in javascript

I want to get compress layer data from tmx file . Who knows libraries for decompress gzip and zlib string in …

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High quality JPEG compression with c#

I am using C# and want to save images using JPEG format. However .NET reduces quality of the images and …

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Nothing happens when I try to send files / folders to Compressed (zipped) folder

For a while now, I've been unable to send files or folders to Zipped folder from windows explorer. The option …

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How does Google's Page Speed lossless image compression work?

When you run Google's PageSpeed plugin for Firebug/Firefox on a website it will suggest cases where an image can …

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JavaScript: Decompress / inflate /unzip /ungzip strings

I'm looking for JavaScript implementation of string inflating algorithms. I want to compress on the server side (Java), and decompress …

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