COMPUTER NETWORKING

MULTIMEDIA AND QUALITY OF SERVICE

COMPRESSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Makes the file smaller by giving repeated patterns/colours a specific code
A
Lossy Compression
B
Lossless Compression
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lossless compression “packs” data into a smaller file size by using a kind of internal shorthand to signify redundant data.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lossless compression algorithms are needed in cases where we want the reconstructed file output to be identical to the original output. Lossless compression is generally used for text compression: data such as database records, spreadsheets, and word processing files.

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