Question 1714 – Computer-Graphics

→ Deflate is a lossless data compression algorithm and associated file format that uses a combination of the LZ77 algorithm and Huffman coding.
→ An algorithm producing Deflate files is widely thought to be implementable in a manner not covered by patents.
→ This has led to its widespread use, for example in gzip compressed files, PNG image files and the ZIP file format for which Katz originally designed it.