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@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ trading CPU time for improved compression ratio. All versions feature the same decompression speed. LZ4 is also compatible with [dictionary compression](https://github.com/facebook/zstd#the-case-for-small-data-compression), -and can ingest any input file as dictionary, -including those created by [Zstandard Dictionary Builder](https://github.com/facebook/zstd/blob/v1.3.5/programs/zstd.1.md#dictionary-builder). -(note: only the final 64KB are used). +both at [API](https://github.com/lz4/lz4/blob/v1.8.3/lib/lz4frame.h#L481) and [CLI](https://github.com/lz4/lz4/blob/v1.8.3/programs/lz4.1.md#operation-modifiers) levels. +It can ingest any input file as dictionary, though only the final 64KB are used. +This capability can be combined with the [Zstandard Dictionary Builder](https://github.com/facebook/zstd/blob/v1.3.5/programs/zstd.1.md#dictionary-builder), +in order to drastically improve compression performance on small files. + LZ4 library is provided as open-source software using BSD 2-Clause license. |