Computing[edit]

• Abraham Lempel (born 1936) and Jacob Ziv (born 1931), Israeli computer scientists:
  • Lempel-Ziv, prefix for family of data compression algorithms, sometimes used as beginning for file name extensions
  • Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm
  • .lz, a filename extension for an lzip archive

Aviation[edit]

• Republic of Bulgaria (aviation code)
• Balkan Bulgarian Airlines, by IATA code
• Landing zone, an area where aircraft can land
• LZ-, prefix of the serial numbers of Zeppelin airships built by Ferdinand von Zeppelin

Other uses[edit]