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  1. LZO is a data compression library which is suitable for data
  2. de-/compression in real-time. This means it favours speed over
  3. compression ratio.
  4. LZO implements a number of algorithms with the following features:
  5. + Decompression is simple and *very* fast.
  6. + Requires no memory for decompression.
  7. + Compression is pretty fast.
  8. + Requires 64 kB of memory for compression.
  9. + Allows you to dial up extra compression at a speed cost in the
  10. compressor. The speed of the decompressor is not reduced.
  11. + Includes compression levels for generating pre-compressed data
  12. which achieve a quite competitive compression ratio.
  13. + There is also a compression level which needs only 8 kB for
  14. compression.
  15. + Algorithm is thread safe.
  16. + Algorithm is lossless.