Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer

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Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer

Summary

Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer is a compression algorithm[1]. Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer draws 44 Wikipedia views per month (compression_algorithm category, ranking #9 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer's instance of is recorded as compression algorithm[3].
  • Abraham Lempel is named after Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer[4].
  • Jacob Ziv is named after Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer[5].
  • Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer is named after Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer[6].
  • Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer's designed by is recorded as Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer[7].
  • Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer's has use is recorded as data compression[8].
  • Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer's publication date is recorded as +1996-03-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/046rl8[10].
  • Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer's described at URL is recorded as https://www.infradead.org/~mchehab/kernel_docs/unsorted/lzo.html[11].
  • Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/lzo[12].
  • Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'LZO'}[13].
  • Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as LZO[14].
  • Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer's Quora topic ID is recorded as LZO[15].
  • Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 65814192[16].
  • Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer's Semantic Scholar topic ID is recorded as 1204797[17].
  • Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 212238[18].

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Designation and Status

Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer's instance of is recorded as compression algorithm[3].

History and Context

Things named after include Abraham Lempel[4], a cryptographer[19], 1936–2023[20], of Israel[21], awarded the Paris Kanellakis Award[22], specialised in electrical engineering[23]; Jacob Ziv[5], an engineer[24], 1931–2023[25], of Israel[26], awarded the Israel Prize[27], specialised in electrical engineering[28]; and Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer include lzop[29], a free software[30], founded in 1996[31].

Why It Matters

Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer draws 44 Wikipedia views per month (compression_algorithm category, ranking #9 of 17).[2] Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer include lzop[29], a free software[30], founded in 1996[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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