pigz: pigz (Parallel gzip) pigz: pigz: pigz, which stands for parallel implementation of gzip, is a fully pigz: functional replacement for gzip that exploits multiple processors and pigz: multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data. pigz was written by pigz: Mark Adler, and uses the zlib and pthread libraries. pigz: pigz: Home page: http://www.zlib.net/pigz/ pigz: pigz: pigz: