LZMA

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English

Etymology

Based on the LZ77 and LZ78 algorithms devised by Abraham Lempel and Jacob Ziv.

Proper noun

LZMA

  1. (computing) Initialism of Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm.
    • 2007, David Salomon, Data Compression: The Complete Reference, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 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.