Tuesday, 9 July 2013

What’s the Absolute Minimum You Can Compress Data Down To?



What's the Absolute Minimum You Can Compress Data Down To?
Jul 9th 2013, 16:30, by Jamie Condliffe
k-xlargeIf you’ve ever tried to squeeze data down into a tiny file, you’ll know that there comes a point where you can’t get it any smaller. This video explains why that is. The answer is something you might have heard about in physics or chemistry classes back at school: entropy. But it turns out Professor [...]
    


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