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Glossary Term "lossy"

lossy

Related Terms lossless
Description A data compression algorithm is said to be lossy if it reduces the size of the data by approximating it. Some audio and graphics compression schemes (such as MP3 and JPEG) use lossy methods to gain high compression ratios.
 
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