• LempelZivWelch (LZW) is a universal lossless data compression algorithm created by Abraham Lempel, Jacob Ziv, and Terry Welch. It was published by Welch...
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  • LempelZiv–Storer–Szymanski (LZSS) is a lossless data compression algorithm, a derivative of LZ77, that was created in 1982 by James A. Storer and Thomas...
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    logos with solid areas of color. GIF images are compressed using the LempelZivWelch (LZW) lossless data compression technique to reduce the file size without...
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    Lempel and Jacob Ziv have led to a number of derivative works, including the LempelZivWelch algorithm, used in the GIF image format, and the Lempel-Ziv-Markov...
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    the PNG format was the realization, on 28 December 1994, that the LempelZivWelch (LZW) data compression algorithm used in the Graphics Interchange Format...
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  • Archer Welch (1939–1988) was an American computer scientist. Along with Abraham Lempel and Jacob Ziv, he developed the lossless LempelZivWelch (LZW)...
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  • LZWL is a syllable-based variant of the LZW (Lempel-Ziv-Welch) compression algorithm, designed to work with syllables derived from any syllable decomposition...
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    every day as of 2015. LempelZivWelch (LZW) is a lossless compression algorithm developed by Abraham Lempel, Jacob Ziv and Terry Welch in 1984. It is used...
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  • compression can be slow. In the mid-1980s, following work by Terry Welch, the LempelZivWelch (LZW) algorithm rapidly became the method of choice for most...
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  • uncompressed, or lossless Lempel-Ziv-Welch compressed like GIF. PNG uses deflate lossless compression, another Lempel-Ziv variant. There are also a variety...
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