Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm
LZMA
- Date
- 1998 · confidence high
- Place
- Russia
- Credited to
- Igor Pavlov
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
A lossless compression algorithm developed by Igor Pavlov from 1998 onward for the 7z format, offering a high compression ratio and a variable dictionary size of up to 4 GB.
What it led to
- The 7z archive format used by 7-Zip
- The xz compression format widely used on Linux
- LZMA2 with multi-threaded compression
- Adoption in software package managers and distribution