huff

<compression>

To compress data using Huffman coding. Various programs that use such methods have been called "HUFF" or some variant thereof.

Opposite: puff. Compare crunch, compress.

[Jargon File]

Last updated: 1994-12-23

Nearby terms:

hue, saturation, brightness ♦ hue, saturation, value ♦ huff ♦ Huffman ♦ Huffman code

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