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Gzip vs Gip - What's the difference?

gzip | gip |

As verbs the difference between gzip and gip

is that gzip is (computing) to compress using the (gzip) program while gip is or gip can be to take out the entrails of (herrings).

As a noun gip is

a servant; a gyp.

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

    gip

    Translingual

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • Gibraltar pound.
  • Government Investment Pool.
  • Gross Internal Product.
  • Gastric inhibitory peptide (or Glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide, a digestive hormone.

    • Usage notes

    This is the currency code used in the standard.