12Ghosts™ Zip2
Fast and easy compression, including self-extraction
Tucows: 
What does it do for me?
Would you like to send a zip file but they may not know what a zip file is? No problem,
send them a 12Ghosts Zip2 self-extracting file! That doesn't need any special zip program.
Just double-click the compressed .EXE file and have all files displayed in a new folder window.
12-Zip2 uses the new Burrows-Wheeler block-sorting compression standard (BZ2). Reduce the
size and save more than 20% compressed size compared to normal zip (PKZIP, WinZip,
etc.)

12G-Zip2 provides 20% better compression than standard zip
Advantages of Zip2:
- Up to 20% better compression than standard zip format
- Easy handling of compressed files: Only 2 steps to zip - one click to unzip
- Always creates self-extracting files - no need for a program to unzip
- Send a 12-Zip2 compressed file by e-mail to a friend. They don't need to know anything
about zip files. All they need to do is double-click the compressed self-extracting
file
- Include subfolders, and re-store them relative to the target folder, automatically
- Burrows-Wheeler compression algorithm, generally considerably better than LZ77/78-based
compressors
Technically speaking
12Ghosts Zip2 uses Burrows-Wheeler block-sorting text compression algorithm, and
Huffman coding. Compression is generally considerably better than that achieved by more
conventional LZ77/78-based compressors (Zip 1), and approaches the performance of the PPM
family of statistical compressors.
12Ghosts Zip2 is based in part on the work of Julian R. Seward.
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