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Unit 2 - Data Representation
Compression
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Advantages of compression:
The file takes up less
space
So allows for
faster
sending and
opening
of the file
So it allows for more free space on
storage
Key definitions:
Compression
- a method of
reducing
the size of a file
Encoding
- converting
data
from one form to another
File
format
- the
structure
of the file which tells a program how to display its
contents
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