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Summary
Name	BSDIFF
Version	4.0
Other names
Identifiers	PUID: fmt/439
Family
Classification
Disclosure
Description	A binary source patch file containing differences to be applied to a source binary in order to create a target binary file. As only the delta is stored and BZIP2 compression is used, this format provides an efficient means of applying patches to binary files.
Orientation	Binary
Byte order
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	11 Jun 2012
Source description
Last updated	11 Jun 2012
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