mpression schemes are implemented by software modules termed <i>codecs</i>
    that implement decoder and encoder routines that hook into the
    core library i/o support.
    Codecs other than those bundled with the library can be registered
    for use with the <tt>TIFFRegisterCODEC</tt> routine.
    This interface can also be used to override the core-library
    implementation for a compression scheme.
  </p>
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  <h2 id="byteorder">Byte Order</h2>
  <p>
    The TIFF specification says, and has alwa