Crash Course Computer Science

Compression: Crash Course Computer Science #21

07/26/2017 | 11m 44s

So last episode we talked about some basic file formats, but what we didn’t talk about is compression. Often files are way too large to be easily stored on hard drives or transferred over the Internet - the solution, unsurprisingly, is to make them smaller. Today, we’re going to talk about lossless compression, which will give you the exact same thing when reassembled, as well as lossy compression

Aired: 07/26/17 | Rating: NR

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