Lossy Compression - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition lossy-compression

Definition :

The compression of binary data into a form which when it is re expanded has most but not all of the original information It is used primarily for compression of images and sounds and is designed to provide a high degree of compression at the cost of a slight loss of data It is expemplified by the JPEG compression standard Images compressed by a lossy compression algorithm are re expanded into an image close but not identical to the original image the difference between the original and the reconstructed image may be imperceptible to normal viewing by the eye