SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s kind of how file compression works - by replacing patterns with shorter symbolic representations!
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s kind of how file compression works - by replacing patterns with shorter symbolic representations!
RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
If I remember correctly, you can even pre-build dictionaries for some compression algorithms to speed up the process if you’re working with compressing lots of similar data.