Glossary

Arithmetic Coding

Statistical compression encoding entire message as single number

Bitstream

Sequence of bits read/written one bit at a time

CAB

Microsoft Cabinet archive format

CFDATA

Compressed folder data block in CAB format

CFFILE

File entry structure in CAB format

CFFOLDER

Folder entry structure in CAB format

CFHEADER

Cabinet header structure

CHM

Compiled HTML Help format

Deflate

Compression algorithm combining LZ77 and Huffman coding

Folder

Compression unit in CAB files (not a directory)

Huffman Coding

Statistical compression using variable-length codes

LZX

Advanced dictionary compression algorithm

LZSS

Lempel-Ziv-Storer-Szymanski dictionary compression

MSZIP

Microsoft’s DEFLATE implementation

OAB

Offline Address Book format

Quantum

Arithmetic coding compression algorithm

Salvage Mode

Error recovery mode for corrupted archives

SZDD

Single-file compression format

Window

Buffer of previously seen data in dictionary compression