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Record 1 1996-01-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
  • Office Automation
DEF

A general compression technique that compresses repeated instances of identical data elements, such as individual characters, as a data element repeat count followed by the element. Acrobat Distiller products and PDF Writer optionally use a Run Length Compression implementation to compress bilevel images for PDF file inclusion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
  • Bureautique
OBS

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Spanish

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