Terry Welch is a notable figure in the field of computer science, particularly known for his contributions to data compression and computer graphics. One of his significant achievements is the development of the Welch algorithm for lossless data compression, which is a part of the Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) method. This algorithm is widely used in various file formats, such as GIF images and the UNIX `compress` command.
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