LESSON 1 : INFORMATION REPRESENTATION

STARTER ACTIVITY

Find examples of compressed

files on your device?
Find online examples of
compressed files or data?
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Learning L/O : Learn to distinguish different file compression techniques

Objective

Real Life
Application
s SUCCESS CRITERIA:

I CAN DISTINGUISH LOSSY FILE COMPRESSION & LOSSLESS FILE

COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES
I CAN USE DIFFERENT FILE COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES FOR FILE STORAGE
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Learning
L/O : To collaborate on multimedia representations in computers to
Objective enhance understanding and communication of complex concepts

BIG QUESTION

HOW DO DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMPRESSION AFFECT THE USER EXPERIENCE

WITH DIGITAL MEDIA? IN WHAT SCENARIOS ARE DIFFERENT COMPRESSION
TECHNIQUES MOST BENEFICIAL ? HOW DO COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES HELP
IN SAVING STORAGE SPACE AND REDUCING TRANSMISSION TIME?
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Topic

L/O : Learn to distinguish different file compression techniques

Learning Objective

Key Words
Lossless file
compression
Lossy file
compression
JPEG
MP3
MP$
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Topic

L/O : Learn to distinguish different file compression techniques

Learning Objective

How can we compress files?

Key Words File compression

Lossless file techniques
Lossy file
compression
compression – file
Lossy file Lossless file
compression
compression compression – file
method
JPEG compression
where parts of the
MP3 method
original file cannot
MP$ where the original
be recovered during
file can be restored
decompression, so
following
some of the original
decompression.
detail
is lost.
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L/O : Learn to distinguish different file compression techniques

Learning Objective
Key Terms
Lossless file How can we compress files?
compression
Lossy file File compression
compression techniques
JPEG Lossy file
MP3 Lossless file compression – file
MP4 compression – file compression
Real life compression method
applications method where parts of the
where the original original file cannot
file can be restored be recovered during
following decompression, so
decompression. some of the original
Eg: JPEG,MP3/MP4 detail
is lost.
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Learning L/O : Learn to distinguish different file compression techniques
Objective Group C : Investigate how JPEG
Group A : Compare and contrast
lossless and lossy file compression works and how it can
Key Terms reduce the size of photographic
compression techniques. Provide
Lossless file images without significantly
examples of file types that
compression reducing quality. Compare this
commonly use each method and
Lossy file with the effectiveness of Run-
discuss the scenarios in which
compression G
Length Encoding (RLE) for
each type would be most
JPEG P Grou R compressing images. Discuss the
appropriate. p
MP3 Task trade-offs between file size and
MP4 Group B : How do MP3 and MP4 U O image quality.
compression formats work? Group D : Explain how Run-
Discuss the benefits and Length Encoding (RLE) works as a
drawbacks of using these formats form of lossless compression.
for audio and multimedia files, Create a simple example using a
respectively. Include a discussion string of characters or a sequence
on perceptual music shaping for of colors in an image.
MP3 and how it affects file size Demonstrate the compression
and quality. process and explain when RLE is
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Learning L/O : Learn to distinguish different file compression techniques

Objective
File compression
applications
Audio compression – method
Key Words
used to reduce the size of a
1.Lossless JPEG – Joint Photographic
sound file using perceptual music
file Expert Group – a form of
shaping.
compression lossy file compression based Perceptual music shaping –
2.Lossy file on the inability of the eye method where sounds outside
compression to spot certain colour the normal range of hearing of
3.JPEG changes and hues. humans, for example, are
4.MP3 MP3/MP4 files – file
compression method used eliminated from the music file
5.MP4 during compression.
for
music and multimedia files.. Bit rate – number of bits
els that make up an per second that can be
image, for example, an transmitted over a network.
image could contain 4096 × It is a measure of the data
3192 transfer rate over a digital
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Key Terms
Lossless MID-PLENARY
file
compressi
on
Lossy file
compressi Question1 : Joint Photographic Expert Group is a form of
on --------------compression based on the inability of the eye to spot
JPEG certain colour changes and hues.
MP3 Question 2 : ------------- method used to reduce the size of a sound
MP4 file using perceptual music shaping
Question 3: ------------- is a number of bits per second that can be
transmitted over a network. It is a measure of the data transfer
rate over a digital telecoms network.
Question 4 : --------- is a file compression method where the
original file can be restored following decompression.
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Learning L/O : Learn to distinguish different file compression techniques

Objective
File compression
applications
Key Words
Run length- Run length encoding (RLE)
encoding – a lossless file compression
technique used to reduce text
and photo
Using RLE with black & white
files in particular..
images
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Learning L/O : Learn to distinguish different file compression techniques

Objective

Key Words Using RLE with colour images

Run length-
encoding
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Learning L/O : Learn to distinguish different file compression techniques

Objective
General methods of compression
techniques
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Learning L/O : To convert different number systems

Objective
Exam Type Questions _ Individual
Success
Criteria Activity

1. I CAN 1 a) What is meant by lossless and lossy file compression?

distinguish b) Give an example of a lossless file format and an example of a
Lossy file lossy file format.
compressi 2 a) Describe how music picked up by a microphone is turned into
on & a digitized music file in a computer.
lossless b) Explain why it is often necessary to compress stored music
file files. Describe how the music quality is essentially retained.
compressi 3 a) What is meant by run length encoding?
on b) Describe how RLE compresses a file. Give an example in your
techniques description.
.
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Learning L/O : Learn to differentiate between binary number system ,denary

Objective number system &Hexadecimal number system
Real Life
Application
s
Re-visit the SUCCESS CRITERIA:

I CAN DISTINGUISH LOSSY FILE COMPRESSION & LOSSLESS FILE

COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES
I CAN USE DIFFERENT FILE COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES FOR FILE
STORAGE