On Mon, 06 Aug 2001 22:01:28 -0400 Jim Snyder (jimsnyder@insight.rr.com)
wrote:
> ZIP works by actually packing the data into "empty space". As a result,
> the
> size does not vary as much, but is lossy.
AFAIK Zip and LZW (as found in compressed TIFF) are fundamentally the same
algorithms. Neither are lossy, both substitute shorthand codes for
recurring patterns of data.
Regards
Tony Sleep
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