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Is LZ77 and LZW coding the same thing?

No, but they are related.

The algorithm published by Ziff and Lempel in 1977 was later called LZ77 algorithm.

In 1978, they published a sequel called LZ78 Compression Algorithm.

1984, Welch studied the variant of LZ78 algorithm. Because it was developed by W after Z and L, it was called LZW algorithm.

LZW applied for a patent, but the patent expired in 2003.

Almost all compression algorithms are developed by LZ77.

The so-called LZ77 coding and LZW coding are new codes produced by compressing the original character sequence with their own compression algorithms.