Xtra Press

Abstract

There is a need for better and more efficient Data Compression Applications. There are quite a few available commercially, but most of them are based on Dictionary Based Compression Techniques. This project tries to differentiate from the conventional way of compressing data, and uses a Compression Technique which is far more superior, efficient and closer to the state of the art Statistical Compressor for Super Computers. For such an exercise, a File Archiver is created in this Project, called Xtrapress, which will use the Burrows and Wheeler Block Transformation Algorithm. This Archiver will be able to Compress and Decompress data and will have all the basic features of the general purpose file archivers, like WinZip or WinRAR.