"LZW" meaning in All languages combined

See LZW on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From the names of its creators: Abraham Lempel, Jacob Ziv, and Terry Welch. Etymology templates: {{,}} , Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} LZW
  1. (computing) Initialism of Lempel–Ziv–Welch, a lossless data compression algorithm. Wikipedia link: Abraham Lempel, Jacob Ziv, Terry Welch Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Lempel–Ziv–Welch (extra: a lossless data compression algorithm) Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: LZMA, LZS, LZSS

Download JSON data for LZW meaning in All languages combined (1.8kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": ",",
      "name": ","
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the names of its creators: Abraham Lempel, Jacob Ziv, and Terry Welch.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "LZW",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "a lossless data compression algorithm",
          "word": "Lempel–Ziv–Welch"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Lempel–Ziv–Welch, a lossless data compression algorithm."
      ],
      "id": "en-LZW-en-name-PsEJbtlA",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Lempel–Ziv–Welch",
          "w:Lempel–Ziv–Welch"
        ],
        [
          "lossless",
          "lossless"
        ],
        [
          "data compression",
          "data compression"
        ],
        [
          "algorithm",
          "algorithm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) Initialism of Lempel–Ziv–Welch, a lossless data compression algorithm."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "LZMA"
        },
        {
          "word": "LZS"
        },
        {
          "word": "LZSS"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Abraham Lempel",
        "Jacob Ziv",
        "Terry Welch"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/ɛl zɛd ˈdʌb.əl.juː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "LZW"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": ",",
      "name": ","
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the names of its creators: Abraham Lempel, Jacob Ziv, and Terry Welch.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "LZW",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "LZMA"
    },
    {
      "word": "LZS"
    },
    {
      "word": "LZSS"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "a lossless data compression algorithm",
          "word": "Lempel–Ziv–Welch"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English 5-syllable words",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English eponyms",
        "English initialisms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English links with redundant alt parameters",
        "English links with redundant wikilinks",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "English words without vowels",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Lempel–Ziv–Welch, a lossless data compression algorithm."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Lempel–Ziv–Welch",
          "w:Lempel–Ziv–Welch"
        ],
        [
          "lossless",
          "lossless"
        ],
        [
          "data compression",
          "data compression"
        ],
        [
          "algorithm",
          "algorithm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) Initialism of Lempel–Ziv–Welch, a lossless data compression algorithm."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Abraham Lempel",
        "Jacob Ziv",
        "Terry Welch"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/ɛl zɛd ˈdʌb.əl.juː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "LZW"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.