tiedostopakkaus
Tiedostopakkaus, known in English as file compression, is the process of reducing the size of a computer file. This is achieved by encoding information in a more efficient way, using algorithms that identify and eliminate redundancy within the data. The primary goal of file compression is to save storage space and to reduce the time and bandwidth required for data transfer.
There are two main categories of file compression: lossless and lossy. Lossless compression algorithms work by
Lossy compression, on the other hand, achieves higher compression ratios by discarding some of the original
The choice between lossless and lossy compression depends on the type of data and the intended application.