LZ

LZ may refer to:

Computing

• .lz, a filename extension for an lzip archive
• 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

Aviation

• Republic of Bulgaria (aviation code)
• Air Link IATA code
• Balkan Bulgarian Airlines IATA code (1947-2002)
• Swiss Global Air Lines IATA code (2005-2018)
• Landing zone, an area where aircraft can land
• LZ-, prefix of the serial numbers of Zeppelin airships built by Ferdinand von Zeppelin

Other uses

• LUX-ZEPLIN, a dark matter detection experiment
• Lubrizol, a chemical manufacturer (NYSE symbol LZ)
• Lutz jump, a figure skating jump

See also

• Landing zone (disambiguation)
• ZL (disambiguation)
• IZ (disambiguation)
• 1Z (disambiguation)