reversible compression
nounUK /rɪˈvɜːsəbl kəmˈprɛʃn/
US /rɪˈvɜːrsəbl kəmˈprɛʃn/
A way to make a file smaller that you can undo later to get the whole file back.
Reversible compression lets you shrink a photo and later restore it exactly as it was.
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2. A data reduction method that preserves every original bit so the file can be rebuilt perfectly.
The software uses reversible compression so no details are lost from the document.
3. Compression in which the original information can be fully recovered without any loss of quality.
Music stored with reversible compression sounds identical to the original recording.
4. Any encoding scheme that allows exact reconstruction of the source data.
Engineers chose reversible compression for the medical scans because accuracy was critical.