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Snappy vs Gzip - What's the difference?

snappy | gzip |

As an adjective snappy

is (label) rapid and without delay.

As a verb gzip is

(computing) to compress using the (gzip) program.

snappy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (label) Rapid and without delay.
    • (=hurry up)
  • (label) Irritable.
  • (label) Tidy; well-dressed; sharp.
  • Chilly, brisk, sharp.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:

    Synonyms

    * (rapid and without delay) fast, immediate, quick * (irritable) irritable, peevish, testy, tetchy

    Derived terms

    * make it snappy

    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