What does lempel–ziv–welch mean?

Here's a list of possible definitions for the term lempel–ziv–welch:

Freebase

  1. Lempel–Ziv–Welch

    Lempel–Ziv–Welch is a universal lossless data compression algorithm created by Abraham Lempel, Jacob Ziv, and Terry Welch. It was published by Welch in 1984 as an improved implementation of the LZ78 algorithm published by Lempel and Ziv in 1978. The algorithm is simple to implement, and has the potential for very high throughput in hardware implementations. It was the algorithm of the widely used Unix file compression utility compress, and is used in the GIF image format.

Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lempel–ziv–welch in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lempel–ziv–welch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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