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Zip format is a sequence of chunks too: one file is one chunk marked by a signature, like png chunks, that's why files can be added to a zip archive relatively
by GoblinSlayer 5y ago
Zip format is a sequence of chunks too: one file is one chunk marked by a signature, like png chunks, that's why files can be added to a zip archive relatively cheaply.
- klodolph 5y agoSure, but with Zip, you can’t reliably figure out where the chunks start and stop. In PNG, you can easily enumerate the chunks and skip over any chunks your program does not parse.