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NCSA HDF5 (Hierarchical Data Format 5) Software Library and Utilities
NCSA HDF5 (Hierarchical Data Format 5) Software Library and Utilities
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Contributors: National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at
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National Laboratory (LLNL), Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Los Alamos
National Laboratory (LANL), Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler (gzip library).
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