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IMAGING GLOSSARY

Lossy (image compression)

A method of image compression where some image quality is sacrificed in exchange for higher compression ratios.

The amount of quality degradation depends on the compression algorithm used and by a user-selected quality variable.

Imaging Categories:

Acquisition
Display
Transformations
Image Processing
Color Processing
Recognition
File Format Support

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