To decompress data that has been crunched by
Huffman coding. At least one widely distributed Huffman decoder
program was actually named `PUFF', but these days it is
usually packaged with the encoder. Oppose huff, see
inflate.
They that govern most make the least noise. You see when they row
in a barge, they do that drudgery work, slash and puff, and sweat,
but he that governs sits quietly at the stern, and is scarce seen to stir....