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Compression algorithm
LZX is an LZ77 family compression algorithm, a slightly improved version of DEFLATE. It is also the name of a file archiver with the same name. Both were invented by Jonathan Forbes and Tomi Poutanen in the 1990s. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: LZXA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: W2LZXThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Synergistic antitumor activity of sorafenib and the NUPR1 inhibitor LZX-2-73 in multiple cancer modelsCited 4 times
- Go sideways: LHA (file format)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Windows Imaging FormatA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕W2LZXMindy Belloff · 2007
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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