Web Hosting Compression

We originally posted an article about web hosting compression written by thewhir.com.  However, they do not allow non-profit educational organizations to use their articles.  therefore, we will post other informational articles and news about web hosting compression.
There are many utilities on the Internet in which users can compress their files to create a better web hosting environment.  One of them is winzip.  Another web hosting compression tool is GZIP, a Unix compression standard.  It has been used in bothWeb servers and browsers for web hosting compression purpose.