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)