Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Data Representation (Section 11 - No. 23)
What are the common uses of RLE (Run Length Encoding)?
To compress data with long runs of repeated characters.
To make a video file play faster.
To encrypt data.
To reduce the file size of an MP3.
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RLE is effective for compressing data where there are long sequences of identical values, like in images or text.