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Gunzip vs Gzip - What's the difference?

gunzip | gzip | Antonyms |

Gzip is a antonym of gunzip.



In transitive computing terms the difference between gunzip and gzip

is that gunzip is to decompress using the gzip program while gzip is to compress using the gzip program.

gunzip

English

Verb

(gunzipp)
  • (computing) To decompress using the (gzip) program.

    • Antonyms

    * gzip

    gzip

    English

    Verb

    (gzipp)
  • (computing) To compress using the (gzip) program.
  • * 2000 , Dee-Ann LeBlanc, General Linux I: exam prep
    • One way to deal with this issue is to add the compress command, which gzips the old logs as they are rotated.
  • * 2007 , Steve Souders, High performance web sites: essential knowledge for frontend engineers (page 30)
    • Image and PDF files should not be gzipped' because they are already compressed. Trying to ' gzip them not only wastes CPU resources, it can also potentially increase file sizes.
  • * 2010 , Nicholas C. Zakas, High Performance JavaScript (page 171)
    • Therefore, using the YUI Compressor in combination with gzipping always gives the best results.

    Antonyms

    * gunzip