Sunday, November 15, 2009

Implmenting LZW Compression Algorithm

Today I am implementing the LZW data compression algorithm as a toy project.

LZW stands for Lempel, Ziv, and Welch, its creators. It was the first widely used universal data compression method on computers.

Its popularity led it to be included in many file formats people use every day: GIF and TIFF images, PDF files, and files sent to your printer.

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