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lzop is a free software file compression tool which implements the LZO algorithm and is licensed under the GPL.
Developer(s) | Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer |
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Initial release | August 10, 1997 |
Stable release | 1.04[1]
/ 10 August 2017 |
Operating system | Cross-platform |
Type | data compression |
License | GPL |
Website | www |
Aimed at being very fast, lzop produces files slightly larger than gzip while only requiring a tenth of the CPU use and only slightly higher memory utilization.[2] lzop is one of the fastest compressors available,[3] a close second to lz4.
See also
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edit- ^ "lzop file compressor ChangeLog".
- ^ "Quick Benchmark: Gzip vs Bzip2 vs LZMA vs XZ vs LZ4 vs LZO - CatchChallenger wiki". catchchallenger.first-world.info. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
- ^ "ACT - Summary of Winners". Archived from the original on 2010-05-03. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
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