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A way of compressing files to make them smaller without losing any of the data or fine detail when they are reconstructed.

Occurs when saving a digital image file in a format that does not result in a loss of data. See "LZW" below.

A format that does not lose any information. It may be either a size-compressing format like FLAC where the quality is exactly as good as before compression, or an uncompressed format like WAV.

A conversion from one format to another that does not result in the loss of data or information. The opposite of lossy.

Storing the image in a non-compressed format, see TIFF. Low Pass Filter

Lossless compression reduces a file's size with no loss of quality. This seemingly magical method of reducing file sizes can be applied to both image and audio files. While JPEGs and MP3s use los [..]

A data compression scheme that doesn’t throw away or otherwise leave out any information from the original, uncompressed file. Graphic Interchange Format, GIF, uses a lossless compression sch [..]

A compression scheme is loseless when decompressed files are exactly the same as the original files prior to compression.

describes a method of compressing digital data (usually audio, video, or graphics) that preserves the original quality of the data. Examples of popular lossless compression methods are GIF and TIFF (f [..]

Refers to storing an image in a non-compressed format, such as TIFF.

A compression technique which lessens file size but allows the image to retain all of its data making them identical in appearance.

 A form of data compression, typically of an order of less than 10:1, in which none of the original data information is lost when the image is reproduced.

A compression process that reduces the storage space needed for an image file without loss of data. If an image has undergone lossless compression, when decompressed it will be identical to the image before it was compressed. See related terms Lossy, Compression, and Decompression.

Refers to a form of data compression where the detail is maintained and no data is lost after file downsizing. The lossless compression method is often used in TIFF and GIF formats.

free from loss, especially not losing electrical energy or force (information theory) Not losing information.