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IT Glossary
Key Terms To Know In The IT Industry

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LUN (Logical Unit Number)

An identifier used for addressing storage devices in a SAN (Storage Area Network).

You will find this term commonly used in Networking, Storage

LUN Allocation

LUN allocation is the process of assigning logical unit numbers (LUNs) to storage devices or volumes in a storage area network (SAN).

You will find this term commonly used in Storage

LUN Mapping

LUN mapping is the process of associating logical unit numbers (LUNs) with specific storage resources in a storage area network (SAN).

You will find this term commonly used in Storage

LUN Mask

A LUN mask is a set of permissions that determines which hosts or systems can access a logical unit number (LUN) in a storage area network (SAN).

You will find this term commonly used in Storage

LUN Masking

LUN masking is a technique used in storage area networks (SANs) to control which initiators can access specific logical unit numbers (LUNs).

You will find this term commonly used in Storage

LUN Zoning

The process of allocating resources in a storage area network (SAN) by assigning a group of LUNs to a specific server.

You will find this term commonly used in Data Storage

LZ Compression

A lossless data compression algorithm that is based on the LZ77 and LZ78 algorithms, named after their inventors, Abraham Lempel and Jacob Ziv.

You will find this term commonly used in General IT, Software Development

LZ77 and LZ78

Compression algorithms designed by Abraham Lempel and Jacob Ziv. They form the basis for many other compression schemes, including GIF and the DEFLATE algorithm used in PNG and ZIP files.

You will find this term commonly used in Algorithms, Data Compression

LZW (Lempel-Ziv-Welch) Algorithm

A lossless data compression algorithm that is simple to implement and effective at compressing a wide variety of data. The LZW algorithm is widely used in formats such as GIF images and PDF files.

You will find this term commonly used in Data Compression, Algorithms

LZW (Lempel-Ziv-Welch) Compression

A lossless data compression algorithm that is simple and efficient, widely used in file formats such as GIF, TIFF, and PDF. It works by creating a dictionary of substrings encountered as it processes the data, enabling compression by replacing repeated substrings with shorter codes.

You will find this term commonly used in Data Compression

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