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Data Compression in the Marketplace

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Data Compression in Digital Systems
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Table 1.2 in Chapter 1 presents an extensive list of applications that use data compression to store or transmit data more efficiently or to transmit it in less time. This chapter examines what the end users of those applications require, expect, and will get from data compression. It explores why data compression is the enabler for new, innovative products and services.

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  1. MIPS (millions of instructions per second) is a measure of processor speed.

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  2. Remember Pong,â„¢ from Atariâ„¢, circa 1972?

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Hoffman, R. (1997). Data Compression in the Marketplace. In: Data Compression in Digital Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6031-9_2

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