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Snappy is a compression/decompression library. It does not aim for maximum
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compression, or compatibility with any other compression library; instead,
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it aims for very high speeds and reasonable compression. For instance,
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compared to the fastest mode of zlib, Snappy is an order of magnitude faster
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for most inputs, but the resulting compressed files are anywhere from 20% to
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100% bigger. (For more information, see "Performance", below.)
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Snappy has the following properties:
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* Fast: Compression speeds at 250 MB/sec and beyond, with no assembler code.
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See "Performance" below.
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* Stable: Over the last few years, Snappy has compressed and decompressed
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petabytes of data in Google's production environment. The Snappy bitstream
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format is stable and will not change between versions.
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* Robust: The Snappy decompressor is designed not to crash in the face of
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corrupted or malicious input.
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* Free and open source software: Snappy is licensed under a BSD-type license.
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For more information, see the included COPYING file.
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Snappy has previously been called "Zippy" in some Google presentations
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and the like.
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