LZW

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English

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Etymology

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From the names of its creators: Abraham Lempel, Jacob Ziv, and Terry Welch.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ɛl zɛd ˈdʌb.əl.juː/

Proper noun

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LZW

  1. (computing) Initialism of Lempel–Ziv–Welch, a lossless data compression algorithm.

See also

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