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Standard Compression

CA Compress provides six algorithms that apply the Huffman compression method but with its own FDT. The unique FDTs are an integral part of each of the Standard Huffman algorithms. The standard FDTs have been designed to maximize compression for six of the most common data configurations. The Standard tables and the data configurations maximized are:

STDTBL01

Alphanumeric Uppercase

STDTBL02

Alphanumeric Upper and Lowercase

STDTBL03

Packed Decimal Data

STDTBL04

Alphanumeric, 45% Packed Decimal Data

STDTBL05

Upper and Lowercase, 35% Packed Decimal

STDTBL06

Alphanumeric, 20% Packed Decimal, Binary Data