Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Data Representation (Section 12 - No. 38)

What type of compression eliminates unnecessary data from a file, and the original file cannot be reconstructed once it has been compressed?
Lossless compression
Lossy compression
Run-length encoding
LZW compression

Explanation

Lossy compression discards data, making the original file unrecoverable.

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