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Compression ↔ (process) to reduce file size, often inside Archive or container

aka Compress, Uncompress, Uncompressed, Decompress

Archive​

(process) to group multiple files into single file

brotli​

performant compression algo by Google engineers, gaining compat but best to add gzip fallback. Inspired by Silicon Valley sitcom?!

zlib

iltorb

References​

  1. Encryption ↔ (process) to convert data to unrecognizable form to protect/restrict access to sensitive data. Often combines Compression

  2. .tar ↔ (format) tape archive tarball file to Archive as Uncompressed

  3. Encode ↔ to Compress raw AV into smaller file via Codec

  4. Decode ↔ to Decompress AV into raw (original) format

  5. WOFF2 ↔ brotli Compression > WOFF v1 - phase out WOFF (v1) in future, keep for compat with ancient browser

  6. brotli-webpack-plugin ↔ Webpack Plugin to Compress (js|css|html|svg) bundle assets with brotli | zlib | iltorb