lossless

(ˈlɒslɪs) adj(of a dielectric material, transmission line, etc) designed to have no attenuation. Compare lossy

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Adj.

lossless - characterized by or causing no dissipation of energylossy - characterized by or causing dissipation of energy

lossless

(algorithm, compression)A term describing a datacompression algorithm which retains all the information inthe data, allowing it to be recovered perfectly bydecompression.

Unix compress and GNU gzip perform losslesscompression.

Opposite: lossy.

MedicalSeelossless compression

lossless

Related to lossless: Lossless compression

Antonyms for lossless

adj characterized by or causing no dissipation of energy

Antonyms

lossy

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