IMAGING GLOSSARYCompression (imaging)An image processing
method for saving valuable disk and memory space by reducing the amount of
space required to save a digital image.
The graphics data is rewritten allowing it to be represented by a smaller
set of data by eliminating redundant or unnecessary information in a file.
Not to be confused with encoding.
See lossless and
lossy.
Back to Imaging Glossary Index
Imaging Categories:
Imaging Toolkit Products Imaging Toolkit Demos Download Imaging Toolkits | 
