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Engineering a Differencing and Compression Data Format
Compression and differencing techniques can greatly improve storage and transmission of files and file versions. Since files are often transported across machines with distinct architectures and performance characteristics, compressed data should be encoded in a form that is portable and efficient to decode. This paper describes the Vcdiff encoding format for differencing and compression data and presents an empirical study showing its effectiveness.
BibTeX
@inproceedings {270649,
author = {Phong Vo and David Korn},
title = {Engineering a Differencing and Compression Data Format},
booktitle = {2002 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (USENIX ATC 02)},
year = {2002},
address = {Monterey, CA},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/2002-usenix-annual-technical-conference/engineering-differencing-and-compression-data},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = jun
}
author = {Phong Vo and David Korn},
title = {Engineering a Differencing and Compression Data Format},
booktitle = {2002 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (USENIX ATC 02)},
year = {2002},
address = {Monterey, CA},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/2002-usenix-annual-technical-conference/engineering-differencing-and-compression-data},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = jun
}