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PAQ

Series of data compression archivers
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PAQ

Summary

PAQ is a free software[1]. PAQ ranks in the top 6% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (74 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • PAQ's image is recorded as Paq8o Sample Session.png[3].
  • PAQ's instance of is recorded as free software[4].
  • PAQ's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License[5].
  • PAQ's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[6].
  • PAQ's Commons category is recorded as PAQ[7].
  • PAQ's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/046qkz[8].
  • PAQ's official website is recorded as http://mattmahoney.net/dc/[9].
  • PAQ's readable file format is recorded as PAQ4 compressed archive[10].
  • PAQ's readable file format is recorded as PAQ8JC compressed archive[11].
  • PAQ's readable file format is recorded as paq8o8 compressed archive[12].
  • PAQ's readable file format is recorded as PAQ8JD compressed archive[13].
  • PAQ's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[14].
  • PAQ's Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID is recorded as 11802[15].
  • PAQ's MacPorts port is recorded as paq8[16].

Why It Matters

PAQ ranks in the top 6% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (74 views/month).[2] PAQ has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

Related Entities

C++ free software

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). PAQ. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/paq
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_paq_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{PAQ}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/paq}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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