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GZIP

Summary

GZIP is a file format[1].

Key Facts

  • GZIP's instance of is recorded as file format[2].
  • GZIP's developer is recorded as Jean-Loup Gailly[3].
  • GZIP's developer is recorded as Mark Adler[4].
  • GZIP's official website is recorded as http://www.gzip.org[5].
  • GZIP's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/synalysis/Grammars/master/gzip.grammar[6].
  • GZIP's described at URL is recorded as https://www.sweetscape.com/010editor/repository/files/GZip.bt[7].
  • GZIP's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/haypo/hachoir3/master/hachoir/parser/archive/gzip_parser.py[8].
  • GZIP's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_formats/master/archive/gzip.ksy[9].
  • GZIP's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wader/fq/master/format/gzip/gzip.go[10].
  • GZIP's media type is recorded as application/gzip[11].
  • GZIP's media type is recorded as application/x-gzip[12].
  • GZIP's file extension is recorded as gz[13].
  • GZIP's file extension is recorded as gzip[14].
  • GZIP's file extension is recorded as tgz[15].
  • GZIP's described by source is recorded as RFC 1952: GZIP file format specification version 4.3[16].
  • GZIP's file format identification pattern is recorded as 1F8B08[17].

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Designation and Status

GZIP's instance of is recorded as file format[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . TrID. mark0.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . RFC 6713: The 'application/zlib' and 'application/gzip' Media Types. mark0.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . TrID. mark0.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . TrID. mark0.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . TrID. mark0.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). GZIP. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/gzip
MLA “GZIP.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/gzip.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_gzip_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{GZIP}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/gzip}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 16d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Macports port → gzip
    Imported from → —
    File extension → gz, gzip, tgz
    File format wiki page id → Gzip
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14357]]: format_3989, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289761007|GZIP format (#289761007)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7899|EDAM Ontology]]"
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