Google is open-sourcing a new general purpose data compression library called Zopfli that can be used to speed up Web downloads. The Zopfli Compression Algorithm, which got its name from a Swiss bread ...

Lossy compression schemes can be based on a source model, as in the case of speech compression, or a user or sink model, as is somewhat the case in image compression. In this chapter we look at audio ...

Digital video currently follows the MPEG-2 standard, but improvements in image processing technology are set to move MPEG-4 to the forefront of video compression. Millions of DVD disks, satellite ...

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Coding, information theory and compression provide a unified framework for quantifying, transmitting and summarising data. At its heart lies the concept of entropy, which measures the average ...

You're on a Sunday drive a few years from now, touring through hilly farmland in your self-driving car. As you approach a hill, an impatient motorcyclist foolishly decides to pass, despite the ...