Information theory provides the fundamental framework for understanding and designing data compression algorithms. At its core lies the concept of entropy, a quantitative measure that reflects the ...

The arrival of mobile phones was followed rapidly by "txtese", an abbreviation of language to enable messages to be written and transmitted rapidly using SMS (short message service). The simplest ...

In contrast to the motion estimation step, the transform phase in the encoding process is relatively similar in H.264 and the MPEG standards. At this point in encoding, all the residual data collected ...

Using his previously formulated Second Law of Infodynamics, Vopson claims that the decrease of entropy in information systems over time could prove that the universe has a built-in “data optimization ...

Google just launched Zopfli, a new open source compression algorithm that can compress web content about 3 to eight 8 more densely (PDF) than the standard zlib library. Because Zopfli is compatible ...

H.264/MPEG-4 AVC/MPEG-4 AVC, one of the video compression standards MPEG-4, is a video compression codec that aims for 'high image quality even at low bit rates'. Since its introduction in 2003, H.264 ...

Founded in 2012, UK-based CompressionX has emerged from a decade of algorithmic development to launch a downloadable data compression service aimed at reshaping how businesses and individuals manage ...

Why does data storage have to be so hard? Drive failures, bit rot, file system errors and more. CPUs and networks seem to just work - why not storage? Entropy, my friend, entropy. The Universe hates ...