Reduce File Sizes For Storage Or Transmission
Overview
A holiday video, a folder of photos, a detailed report packed with images: all of them can be too big to email or slow to upload. File compression solves this by squeezing a file into fewer bytes so it takes less storage space and travels faster. The clever part is choosing how to squeeze it, because some methods keep every last detail while others throw a little away to make the file even smaller.
In this lesson you will learn why we reduce file sizes for storage and transmission, how compression with .zip and .rar works, and the crucial difference between lossless compression, which restores the exact original, and lossy compression, which discards some detail permanently. You will learn which file types use each method and how to choose the right approach for a given task.
Objectives
- Compress files.
- Reduce file sizes for storage or transmission where necessary using file compression including .zip, .rar.
- File compression.
- The need to reduce file sizes for storage or transmission.
Lesson Note
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- Lossless compression is best described as compression that: A. Discards some detail permanently B. Reduces file size with no loss of data, so the original can be restored C. Only works on images D. Increases the file size Answer: B
- Which file format normally uses lossy compression? A. .png B. .zip C. .jpg D. .txt Answer: C
- Two main reasons for compressing a file are to save storage space and to: A. Improve image quality B. Reduce transmission time C. Add formatting D. Encrypt the data Answer: B
- Which of these would be unsuitable for lossy compression? A. A holiday photograph B. A music track C. A program's source code D. A streamed video Answer: C
- A .zip file is best described as: A. An image format B. A container that holds one or more files in compressed form C. A type of encryption D. An audio format Answer: B
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