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The Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) algorithm provides lossless data compression. |
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You can read a complete description of it in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lempel-Ziv-Welch Wikipedia article] on the subject. |
You can read a complete description of it in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lempel-Ziv-Welch Wikipedia article] on the subject. |
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It was patented, but it fell in the public domain in 2004. |
It was patented, but it fell in the public domain in 2004. |