Term: Compression, lossy
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Term: Compression, lossy
- Definition:
- Data compressed using a lossy compression technique results in the loss of information. The decompressed data will not be identical to the original uncompressed data. Conservative lossless compression can result in a form of lossy compression referred to as visually lossless compression.
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- General
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