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GZIPtiedostoissa refers to files compressed using the GZIP compression algorithm. GZIP is a widely used file format and software application for file compression and decompression. It is based on the DEFLATE algorithm, which combines the LZ77 algorithm and Huffman coding. The primary purpose of GZIP is to reduce the size of files, making them faster to transfer over networks and requiring less storage space.

When a file is compressed with GZIP, its filename typically has a .gz extension appended to the original filename. For example, a file named document.txt would become document.txt.gz after compression. GZIP is commonly used for compressing individual files, unlike the ZIP format which can archive multiple files and directories into a single archive.

Decompressing a GZIP file can be done using various tools available on most operating systems. On Unix-like systems, the command-line utility gzip -d or gunzip is used. On Windows, several third-party applications like 7-Zip or WinRAR can handle GZIP decompression. The GZIP format is open and royalty-free, contributing to its widespread adoption, especially in web server configurations where it's used to compress web content for faster delivery to browsers. This compression is often transparent to the end-user, with web servers automatically decompressing the files before sending them.