Lhasa (computing)
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In computing, Lhasa (Japanese pronunciation: [ɾasa]) refers to two different applications.
File archives
Lhasa is a Japanese computer program[when?] used to "unpack" or decompress compressed files in LHA, ZIP, and other formats.
Synthetic analysis
It is also the name of a computer program developed[when?] in the research group of Elias James Corey at the Harvard University Department of Chemistry which uses AI techniques to discover sequences of reactions which may be used to synthesize a compound. LHASA in this case is an acronym for Logic and Heuristics Applied to Synthetic Analysis. This program was one of the first to use a graphical interface to input and display chemical structures.
External links
- Susie no heya (in Japanese) — author of Lhasa
- LHASA group — at Harvard University at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2002-09-14)
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