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What are lossy compression algorithms?
Lossy compression algorithms are techniques that reduce file size by discarding the less important information. Nobody likes losing information, but some types of files are so large that there's just not enough space to keep all the original data, plus we didn't need all that data in the first place.
What are the 2 compression techniques?
Compression techniques fall into two classes: lossless and lossy. Both are very common in use: an example of lossless compression is ZIP archive files and an example of lossy compression is JPEG image files.
