- 1. [Towertalk] The Meaning of GZ (score: 1)
- Author: Ward Silver" <hwardsil@centurytel.net (Ward Silver)
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 18:42:06 -0800
- It means "A GaZillion" as in, "This file contains a gazillion of something." Glad to help. 73, Ward N0AX
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00409.html (7,376 bytes)
- 2. [Towertalk] The Meaning of GZ (score: 1)
- Author: k2av@contesting.com (Guy Olinger, K2AV)
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 22:03:28 -0500
- File archive format (usually UNIX) made by gnuzip, unpacked by gnunzip. has something."
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00413.html (8,248 bytes)
- 3. [Towertalk] The Meaning of GZ (score: 1)
- Author: ccc@space.mit.edu (Chuck Counselman)
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 22:02:24 -0500
- It stands for GnuZip, a Free Software, open-source version of the proprietary Zip. See <http://www.umich.edu/~archive/msdos/compression/gnuzip/> or do a Google search. It's very widely available. -C
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00414.html (7,355 bytes)
- 4. [Towertalk] The Meaning of GZ (score: 1)
- Author: darrel@vanbuer.net (Darrel J. Van Buer)
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 22:32:53 -0800
- .gz is an archive file created/compressed with the Gnu version of zip, gzip (Gnu=Gnu's not unix). -- Darrel J. Van Buer, AK6I darrel@vanbuer.net
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00417.html (6,983 bytes)
- 5. [Towertalk] The Meaning of GZ (score: 1)
- Author: ssouva@twcny.rr.com (Scott & Sherry Souva)
- Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 08:37:28 -0500
- Ward, This sounds like a credible answer... but I am pretty sure it means GNU ZIP. Scott Souva KG2S ssouva@twcny.rr.com something."
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00418.html (8,253 bytes)
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