• Lempel–Ziv–Welch (LZW) is a universal lossless data compression algorithm created by Abraham Lempel, Jacob Ziv, and Terry Welch. It was published by Welch...
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    solid areas of color. GIF images are compressed using the Lempel–Ziv–Welch (LZW) lossless data compression technique to reduce the file size without degrading...
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  • LZ77 and LZ78 (section LZW)
    respectively. These two algorithms form the basis for many variations including LZW, LZSS, LZMA and others. Besides their academic influence, these algorithms...
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  • Revision 5.0 was released and it added support for palette color images and LZW compression. TIFF is a complex format, defining many tags of which typically...
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    Mitsubishi Minicab under license, as the Liuzhou Wuling LZW 6320/6430 (bus/van versions) and LZW 1010 (pickup trucks). In 1998 the car received a facelift...
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  • compress is a Unix shell compression program based on the LZW compression algorithm. Compared to gzip's fastest setting, compress is slightly slower at...
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    encoding (RLE), JPEG, LZ (the basis for PNG and ZIP), Lempel–Ziv–Welch (LZW) (the basis for GIF), and others. For example, Run length encoding looks...
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  • output is one step behind the dictionary. Refer to LZW for how this is handled. Enhancements to LZW include handing symbol sizes other than 8 bits and...
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    arithmetic coding and Huffman coding Adaptive dictionary algorithms such as LZW – used in GIF and TIFF DEFLATE – used in PNG, MNG, and TIFF Chain codes The...
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  • Welch, the Lempel–Ziv–Welch (LZW) algorithm rapidly became the method of choice for most general-purpose compression systems. LZW is used in GIF images, programs...
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    1996 by Julian Seward. It compresses most files more effectively than older LZW and Deflate compression algorithms but is slower. bzip2 is particularly efficient...
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    combination of LZ77 and Huffman coding. DEFLATE was intended as a replacement for LZW and other patent-encumbered data compression algorithms which, at the time...
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  • methods are implemented in open-source and proprietary tools, particularly LZW and its variants. Some algorithms are patented in the United States and other...
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    LZWDecode, a filter based on LZW Compression; it can use one of two groups of predictor functions for more compact LZW compression: Predictor 2 from...
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  • as simple diagrams, shapes, logos, and cartoon style images, as it uses LZW lossless compression, which is more effective when large areas have a single...
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  • vectors chooses to examine three representative lossless compression methods, LZW, LZ77, and PPM. According to AIXI theory, a connection more directly explained...
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  • Abraham Lempel and Jacob Ziv, he developed the lossless Lempel–Ziv–Welch (LZW) compression algorithm, which was published in 1984. Welch received a B.S...
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  • format developed by Rahul Dhesi in the mid-1980s. The format is based on the LZW compression algorithm and compressed files are identified by the .zoo file...
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  • have been made since December 1994. Bradley was unable to negotiate the LZW patent licence necessary for encoding the then-popular GIF format. The patent...
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  • royalty-free license granted to non-commercial software projects for the LZW compression method used by GIFs. When the Unisys patent expired worldwide...
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    campaign in opposition to the actions of Unisys in enforcing their patent on LZW compression used by CompuServe when creating the image format. The League...
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  • to read and write several other archive formats. Shrinking uses dynamic LZW, on which Unisys held patents. A patent for the Reduce Algorithm had also...
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    format was the realization, on 28 December 1994, that the Lempel–Ziv–Welch (LZW) data compression algorithm used in the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)...
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    Mitsubishi-based products, the Hongtu is an independent development. Codenamed LZW 6381B3, the Hongtu is also marketed as the Wuling Journey and Sunshine (the...
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    Bus LZK Sinotruk (CNHTC) Huanghe bus LZS Zongshen LZU Guangzhou Isuzu Bus LZW SAIC GM Wuling LZY Yutong LZZ Sinotruk (CNHTC) Howo, Sitrak MA1 India Mahindra...
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    facelift (1981). China has also assembled the car as the Liuzhou Wuling LZW 7100 minicar. Production started in 1991 and finished in 1994. Citroën commissioned...
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    Retrieved 2023-12-20. Feijter, Tycho de (2012-02-01). "History: The Wuling LZW 7100, a Citroen Visa made in China". CarNewsChina.com. Retrieved 2023-12-27...
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    infection, the program enforces strict security on them. While VSD files use LZW-like lossless compression, VDX is not compressed. Hence, a VDX file typically...
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  • Graphics Interchange Format Compuserve .gif Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes LZW TGA TARGA File format Truevision .tga, .vda, .icb, .vst No No No No No No...
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  • later became the subject of a patent assertion by Unisys on its use of the LZW compression algorithm. Known as the inventor or creator of the GIF, Wilhite...
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