Lossless compression recreates a compressed file as an identical match to its original form.
All lossless compression uses techniques to break up a file into smaller segments, for storage or transmission, that get reassembled later.
Lossless compression is used for files, such as applications, that need to be reproduced exactly like the original file.
Lossy compression, on the other hand, eliminates repeated or "unnecessary" pieces of data, as we discussed above. When such a file is decompressed, you get the compression software's re-interpretation of the original file.
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explain the purpose of data compression techniques
