MULTIMEDIA AND QUALITY OF SERVICE
COMPRESSION
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Question
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What is meant by ‘file compression’?
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Compression means to reduce the size of a data file whilst still retaining most, or even all, of the original information
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Compression means to increase the size of a data file whilst still retaining most, or even all, of the original information
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The process of reducing the size of a data file is often referred to as data compression. In the context of data transmission, it is called source coding; encoding done at the source of the data before it is stored or transmitted.
Detailed explanation-2: -So, file compression is basically when we store one or more files in the form of an archive. Moreover, the size of these files reduces in this process. Hence we these files take less storage space on the system.
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