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Compression algorithms for real programmers
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Publication Information:
San Diego : Morgan Kaufmann , 2000.
Physical Description:
xi, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780127887746

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Summary

In life, time is money, and on the Internet, the size of data is money. Small programs and small files take less disk space and cost less to send over the Internet. Compression Algorithms for Real Programmers describes the basic algorithms and approaches for compressing information so you can create the smallest files possible. These new algorithms are making it possible for people to take impossibly large audio and video files and compress them enough that they can flow over the Internet.


Author Notes

Peter Wayner is a writer living in Baltimore and is the author of Digital Cash and Agents at Large (both Academic Press). His writings appear in numerous academic journals as well as the pages of more popular forums such as MacWorld and the New York Times . He has taught various computer science courses at Cornell University and Georgetown University.


Table of Contents

Preface
Book Notes
Introduction
Statistical Basics
Dictionary Techniques
Arithmetic Compression
Adaptive Compression
Grammar Compression
Programmatic Solutions
Quantization
Wavelet Transforms
JPEG
Video Compression
Audio Compression
Fractal Compression
Steganography
Appendix A Patents
Appendix B Bibliography
Index
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