'''Igor Pavlov''' ({{lang-ru|Игорь Павлов, Igor' Pavlov}}) is a [[Russians|Russian]] [[freelance]] [[programmer]] and is the creator and the maintainer of the file archiver [[7-Zip]] and its toolset. 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 of a few other experimental programs including 7-max, 7-benchmark, UFA, 777 and BIX.
== See also ==
* [[Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.7-zip.org 7-zip.org]
* [http://www.7-max.com 7-max.com]
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| DATE OF BIRTH =15/1/2002
| PLACE OF BIRTH =London
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[[Category:Russian inventors]]
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