Aug 4 2008 2:38PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
compression, Development, electronics, open source, programming, Storage, Streaming media, Tech Trivia
Tech Quiz of the Day from WhatIs.com: What do you know about gzip?
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day for today is gzip.
Tech Trivia
Does audio content typically use a lossless or a lossy compression method?
Answer (Scroll to the middle of the second paragraph.)
Secret Word of the Day
From a Latin word meaning ‘to link together’ we get this term that means placing separate things next to each other so they can be treated as a single entity. What’s the secret word?
Answer
Acronym Challenge
The tar format derives from a time when files were commonly backed up on and occasionally retrieved from magnetic tape. What does tar stand for?
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