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Huffman Coding Case Study

Huffman Coding is a lossless data compression algorithm that assigns variable-length codes to characters, optimizing for frequency to reduce data size without loss of information. It is widely used in applications such as ZIP/GZIP for file compression, JPEG for image compression, and MP3 for audio compression. While it is efficient and effective for various data types, its performance diminishes on data that is already compressed.

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Huffman Coding Case Study

Huffman Coding is a lossless data compression algorithm that assigns variable-length codes to characters, optimizing for frequency to reduce data size without loss of information. It is widely used in applications such as ZIP/GZIP for file compression, JPEG for image compression, and MP3 for audio compression. While it is efficient and effective for various data types, its performance diminishes on data that is already compressed.

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Real-World Application of

Huffman Coding in File


Compression
Case Study: ZIP, JPEG, and More
Introduction to Huffman Coding
• - Huffman Coding is a lossless data
compression algorithm.
• - Assigns variable-length codes to input
characters.
• - Shorter codes for more frequent characters.
• - Developed by David A. Huffman in 1952.
• - Purpose: Reduce data size without losing
information.
Real-World Applications
• - ZIP/GZIP: Compress text and binary files.
• - JPEG: Applied after quantization and DCT.
• - MP3: Used to compress audio data.
• - MPEG: Used in video compression.
• - Network transmission: Reduces data for
faster communication.
Sample Encoding/Decoding
Example
• Input: AABACD
• Frequencies: A-3, B-1, C-1, D-1
• Huffman Tree:
• [A:0, B:10, C:110, D:111]
• Encoded: 001001101111
• Decoding follows the same Huffman Tree.
Advantages and Limitations
• Advantages:
• - Efficient for text and multimedia
compression.
• - Reduces storage space and transmission
time.
• - Lossless: No data loss during compression.

• Limitations:
• - Less effective on already compressed data.

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