compress

Unix shell compression program
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compress

Summary

compress is a standard UNIX utility or command[1]. compress draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (standard_unix_utility_or_command category, ranking #48 of 124).[2]

Key Facts

  • compress's instance of is recorded as standard UNIX utility or command[3].
  • compress's instance of is recorded as compression software[4].
  • compress's based on is recorded as Lempel–Ziv–Welch[5].
  • compress's publication date is recorded as +1985-02-00T00:00:00Z[6].
  • compress's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01d5my[7].
  • compress's described at URL is recorded as http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/compress.html[8].
  • compress's readable file format is recorded as Z[9].
  • compress's writable file format is recorded as Z[10].
  • compress's writable file format is recorded as Compress compressed data[11].
  • compress's media type is recorded as application/x-compress[12].
  • compress's media type is recorded as application/x-compressed[13].
  • compress's file extension is recorded as Z[14].
  • compress's different from is recorded as dressing[15].
  • compress's Quora topic ID is recorded as Compress[16].
  • compress's reads environment variable is recorded as LANG[17].
  • compress's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_ALL[18].
  • compress's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_COLLATE[19].
  • compress's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_CTYPE[20].
  • compress's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_MESSAGES[21].
  • compress's reads environment variable is recorded as NLSPATH[22].
  • compress's has command line option is recorded as b[23].
  • compress's has command line option is recorded as c[24].
  • compress's has command line option is recorded as f[25].
  • compress's has command line option is recorded as v[26].

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Publication

compress's publication date is recorded as +1985-02-00T00:00:00Z[6].

Why It Matters

compress draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (standard_unix_utility_or_command category, ranking #48 of 124).[2] compress has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] compress is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . sitepoint.com. sitepoint.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . sitepoint.com. sitepoint.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). compress. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/compress
MLA “compress.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/compress.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_compress_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{compress}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/compress}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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