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Mark Adler

American computer scientist, mathematician and physicist

  • Audience925
  • Fame59.0
  • Momentum1.6
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  • Audience925
  • Fame59.0
  • Momentum1.6
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Born 1959 · age 67United States
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    Born 1959
  • Awards
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Updated 2026-06-21

Mark Adler is an American software engineer. He is best known for his work in the field of data compression as the author of the Adler-32 checksum function, and a co-author, together with Jean-loup Gailly, of the zlib compression library and gzip. He has contributed to Info-ZIP, and has participated in developing the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) image format. Adler was also the Spirit Cruise Mission Manager for the Mars Exploration Rover mission.

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Momentum1.6
Historical9.5
Now attention6.6
Source confidence75.0
Completeness85.0
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