COMPUTER NETWORKING

MULTIMEDIA AND QUALITY OF SERVICE

COMPRESSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Lossless compression permanently deletes the data
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lossless compression restores and rebuilds file data in its original form after the file is decompressed. For example, when a picture’s file size is compressed, its quality remains the same. The file can be decompressed to its original quality without any loss of data.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lossy compression techniques involve some loss of information, and data that have been compressed using lossy techniques generally cannot be recovered or reconstructed exactly.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following is true of lossy and lossless compression techniques?-Lossless compression throws away unimportant details that a human being will likely be unable to detect.-Lossy compression is only possible on files that are at least one gigabyte in size before compression.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which statements about lossy compression are FALSE?-Lossy compression is reversible.

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