LZW

LZW definition - telecom
A lossless data compression algorithm used in the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) and optionally used in Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) files. LZW is named after its inventors, Abraham Lempel, Jacob Ziv, and Terry Welch. See also analog, channel, compression, DTE, GIF, link, lossless compression, modem, TIFF, LZ, and LZW.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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