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LZMA
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Etymology
Based on the LZ77 and LZ78 algorithms devised by Abraham Lempel and Jacob Ziv.
Proper noun
en computing en w:Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm.
en 2007 David Salomon Data Compression: The Complete Reference Springer Science & Business Media 9781846286032 241 LZMA is the main (as well as the default) algorithm used in the popular 7z (or 7-Zip) compression software [7z 06]. Both 7z and LZMA are the creations of Igor Pavlov.
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