There are two categories of data compression. The first reduces the ... bits based on frequency of use (see Huffman coding). THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction ...

A compression technique that does not decompress digital data back to 100% of the original ... greater loss of pixels than still images. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.

With lossless compression, files are reduced in size without the loss of data. However, lossless compression does not usually achieve the same file size reduction as lossy compression. One method ...

The study of data compression goes back to a paper ... Shannon gave a mathematical definition of the quantity of information in a message, called entropy, which allows the information content ...

Simply put, compression methods crunch data – text, graphics ... MPEG-2 compresses video for regular and high-definition television. MPEG Audio Layer 3 (MP3): An audio compression technology ...