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Lossless and Lossy Compression Summary Sheet: Activity 4.2.2 (Homework)

This document provides a summary sheet for the key differences between lossless and lossy compression. It outlines that lossless compression can be used on any data without quality loss, works by detecting and encoding repeated patterns using algorithms like run-length encoding, and sometimes uses lookup tables to replace values. Lossy compression sacrifices some quality to achieve higher compression ratios and is commonly used for media files like audio and images since small quality losses are imperceptible to humans.

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Lossless and Lossy Compression Summary Sheet: Activity 4.2.2 (Homework)

This document provides a summary sheet for the key differences between lossless and lossy compression. It outlines that lossless compression can be used on any data without quality loss, works by detecting and encoding repeated patterns using algorithms like run-length encoding, and sometimes uses lookup tables to replace values. Lossy compression sacrifices some quality to achieve higher compression ratios and is commonly used for media files like audio and images since small quality losses are imperceptible to humans.

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Activity 4.2.

2 (homework)

Lossless and lossy compression summary sheet

Explain what is meant by lossless


compression.

What type of data can be compressed


using a lossless compression algorithm?

Describe how a lossless RLE algorithm


works.

Some lossless compression algorithms


use a lookup table. Explain what the
lookup table is for.

Explain how lossy compression differs


from lossless compression.

Explain why lossy compression is usually


used for media files.

Outline the process of compressing an


audio file using a lossy compression
algorithm.

Outline the process of compressing a


bitmap image using a lossy compression

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algorithm.

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