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Disk compression utility
DriveSpace is a disk compression utility supplied with MS-DOS starting from version 6.0 in 1993 and ending in 2000 with the release of Windows Me. The purpose of DriveSpace is to increase the amount of data the user could store on disks by transparently compressing and decompressing data on-the-fly. It is primarily intended for use with hard drives, but use for floppy disks is also supported. This feature was removed in Windows XP. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: DriveSpaceA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Userʼs GuideThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: DriveSpace: Towards context-aware drivable area detectionCited 3 times
- Go sideways: Disk compressionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Stac ElectronicsA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Userʼs GuideMicrosoft Press, Chris DeVoney · 1984
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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