Data and image compression : tools and techniques
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Bibliographic Information
Data and image compression : tools and techniques
John Wiley, c1996
4th ed
Available at 18 libraries
Note
Previous eds. pub. under title: Data compression
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Data and image compression is a key issue in communications. As the computer communications revolution continues to expand, the requirement for data storage and transmission continues to soar. Guiding the reader through the main techniques, this book explains how practical data and image compression routines are now vital for efficient, low-cost transmission. This new edition of "Data Compression" has been restructured to take account of the many new advances in this important field, with major features to include the four most popular archive creation and compression performing programmes - ARC, ARJ, PKZIP and VC2. Operational explanations of over 20 compression algorithms, including the recently developed BPE algorithm, fax compression and description of several dictionary-based string compression algorithms. The accompanying convenience diskettes contain coding in the BASIC and C for a large number of compression algorithms referenced in the book.
Table of Contents
- Rationale and utilization
- data codes and compression-indicating characters
- character-oriented compression techniques
- statistical encoding
- communications
- compression-performing hardware and software product overview
- appendix a - data analysis programme descriptions and listings
- appendix b - SHRINK programme descriptions and listings.
by "Nielsen BookData"