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Abraham Lempel and Jacob Ziv
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Israeli scientists Abraham Lempel and Jacob (Yaakov) Ziv invented something that made a lot of modern computing possible. All the way back in 1977, they came up with the LZ Algorithm for data compression.
What's data compression? In simplest terms, it takes a string and replaces frequently used character sequences in order to reduce its size. Here, give it a whirl:
Filed May 15, 2026 · scientists
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