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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>puff</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="pubic-directory.html" title="pubic directory"/><link rel="next" href="pumpkin-holder.html" title="pumpkin holder"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">puff</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pubic-directory.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="pumpkin-holder.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="puff"/><dt xmlns="" id="puff"><b>puff</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> To decompress data that has been crunched by Huffman coding. At
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least one widely distributed Huffman decoder program was actually
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<span class="emphasis"><em>named</em></span> ‘PUFF’, but these days it is usually
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packaged with the encoder. Oppose <a href="../H/huff.html"><i class="glossterm">huff</i></a>, see
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<a href="../I/inflate.html"><i class="glossterm">inflate</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pubic-directory.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../P.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="pumpkin-holder.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">pubic directory </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> pumpkin holder</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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