Facebook open sources Zstandard data compression algorithm, aims to replace technology behind Zip | ZDNet
Everyone has unzipped files via an algorithm called Deflate that has been used for data compression for 20 years. Now Facebook says it has something better called Zstandard.
Aug 31, 2016 ... Facebook is open sourcing a new compression algorithm called Zstandard that aims to replace the common technology behind the Zip file ...