Re: Compression (Was: Normal MSDOS multitasking!)

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From: robert.k.nichols
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 17:04

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In article <1992Dec24.012913.10203@exucom.com> cyberman@exucom.com (Stephen R. Phillips) writes:
... lots of stuff from the old thread deleted ...
...                                           Also perviewsly
>archived files (shar) have a MUC higher compression ratio than
>standard.  IE GTETRIS.ZIP is 18k shared and ziped BUT 32k when
>archived BY zip.  Hmmmm  intresting?
...

No surprise here.  A single, large file will have less overhead from
headers and, if reasonably homogeneous, gives an adaptive compression
algorithm a chance to work its way up to a better level of efficiency.

Bob Nichols
AT&T Bell Laboratories
rnichols@ihlpm.ih.att.com

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