lossy

• “Most codecs also serve as compressors, so they are "lossy" - they reduce the quality of the information in order to make the file smaller.”

  The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed

• “Hence, compressed formats are also known as lossy formats, since details are lost.”

  videosaver.net

• “JPEG is called a lossy file format, however, because it compresses photos to save disk space.”

  PCWorld

• “Masking is a compression scheme based on removing the data the represents a low volume sound in an audio signal that would likely be missed by your ears due to other high volume sounds and therefore masking your ability to hear them; the masked data is thrown out and therefore defined as lossy, period.”

  HDTV Magazine

• “The ubiquitous MP3 format is what's known as a lossy format, tossing away what the algorithm considered to be unnecessary portions of the audio track in order to compress the file down to a more compact size.”

  Gearlog

• “This is known as lossy compression, and can result in a loss of quality if a high level of compression is applied.”

  Boagworld recommends

• “It could be defensible if one regards the genome when going through duplications as a "lossy" decompression.”

  Death of a popular anti-ID argument

• “The higher storage capability, combined with much more efficient codecs standard-def's MPEG-2 is a notoriously 'lossy' and inefficient codec will allow for less noticeable compression, leading to a more pleasing viewing experience.”

  Archive 2008-05-04

• “Remember that MPEG-encoding is basically a "lossy" form of compression.”

  DVR's

• “MP3s, on the other hand, use a "lossy" compression technique -- they save on space by missing out some of the detail.”

  Boing Boing: February 9, 2003 - February 15, 2003 Archives

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