LZW

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛl zɛd ˈdʌb.əl.juː/

Proper noun

LZW

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

See also

• LZMA
• LZS
• LZSS