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Lossless : adj : characterized by or causing no dissipation of energy [ant: lossy]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Lossless : \Loss"less\, a.
Free from loss. [Obs.] --Milton.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Lossless :
A term describing a data
compression algorithm which retains all the information in
the data, allowing it to be recovered perfectly by
decompression.
Unix compress and GNU gzip perform lossless
compression.
Opposite: lossy.
(1995-03-29)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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