COMPUTER NETWORKING

MULTIMEDIA AND QUALITY OF SERVICE

COMPRESSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Data compression is important for websites because:
A
Your webpage will load faster
B
Compressed images look better
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Image compression is the process of reducing the amount of memory that an image takes up. With compressed images, the storage impact on your hard drive can be reduced, sending and uploading images in emails will be faster, and your website performance is improved.

Detailed explanation-2: -Server settings for HTTP compression Practically all text compression is done by one of two HTTP content encodings: Gzip and Brotli. Both Brotli and Gzip are supported by virtually all browsers. On the server side, most popular servers like nginx and Apache can be configured to use Brotli and/or Gzip.

Detailed explanation-3: -By compressing the data, NTFS reduces the amount of disk I/O and transfers, which can speed up the access time and reduce the wear and tear of the disk. Also, by decompressing the data in memory, NTFS can reduce the memory usage and increase the cache efficiency.

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