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Record 1 2002-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Video Technology
CONT

Lossy data compression eliminates redundancy in data and attempts to minimize the amount of information lost in the process of encoding (compressing) and decoding (decompressing) the data.

CONT

Let's use a simple example to demonstrate the concept of lossy data compression. If the original data stream was: DDDDDDDDDIIISSSSSSCCCCC we could remove all of the redundancy in the data by representing the data in a lossy format, such as: DISC.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Vidéotechnique

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