{{Short description|Russian programmer and creator of 7-Zip}}
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'''Igor Viktorovich Pavlov''' ({{lang-ru|Игорь Викторович Павлов, Igor' Viktorovich Pavlov}}) is a [[Russians|Russian]]<ref>[https://primo.nlr.ru/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=07NLR_VU1&docid=07NLR_LMS000362707 Igor Pavlov's dissertation] at [[Ufa State Aviation Technical University]]</ref> [[freelance]] [[programmer]], the creator, and the maintainer of the file archiver [[7-Zip]]. He is also the creator of the [[7z]] [[archive format]],<ref name="A Few Questions for Igor Pavlov ">{{cite web |url=http://www.ddj.com/architect/184405338 |title=A Few Questions for Igor Pavlov |date=2003-04-30 |publisher=[[Dr. Dobb's]] Data Compression Newsletter |accessdate=2009-12-26}}</ref><ref>[http://sourceforge.net/users/ipavlov/ Igor Pavlov's profile on Sourceforge].</ref>
and a few experimental programs including 7-max, 7-benchmark, UFA, 777, and BIX.
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== See also ==
{{R to related topic}}
* [[Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm]] (LZMA)
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* [[Eugene Roshal]] - creator of [[RAR (file format)|RAR]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.7-zip.org 7-zip.org]
* [http://www.7-max.com 7-max.com]
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[[Category:Russian computer programmers]]
[[Category:Russian inventors]]
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