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The 19 pages that link to Lossy compression, each with the reason it gives.

• Digital audioRelated: It explains the irreversible information loss in formats such as MP3.

• Data compressionBroader topic: It trades exact recovery for greater size reduction or acceptable perceptual quality.

• Lossless compressionCompared with: It can achieve smaller files by allowing controlled changes that lossless compression forbids.

• Audio codecCompared with: Lossy codecs trade exact reconstruction for substantially lower audio bitrates.

• Color depthRelated: Compression can reduce effective image fidelity independently of the stored bit depth.

• Compression ratioCompared with: Its ratios can be higher because reconstruction need not preserve every original detail.

• Image compressionRelated: It achieves smaller images by accepting some reconstruction error.

• Video compressionNarrower topic: Most practical video compression uses controlled information loss to achieve small files.

• File formatCompared with: Formats using lossy compression exchange exact fidelity for smaller files.

• Video codecRelated: Most delivery codecs use lossy compression to reach practical bitrates.

• Sound recording and reproductionRelated: Compressed audio trades some signal information for smaller files.

• Digital videoRelated: Many video codecs trade some image information for smaller files and easier delivery.

• Digital imagingCompared with: It often makes photographs compact at the cost of irreversible image detail.

• Image file formatRelated: Many image formats trade some fidelity for smaller files.

• RedundancyCompared with: Unlike recoverable redundancy, discarded detail cannot be restored exactly.

• Digital dataCompared with: It trades exact recovery for smaller representations, especially in media.

• Audio coding formatBroader topic: Formats such as MP3 use this tradeoff to achieve much lower bitrates.

• Document file formatRelated: Some document formats or embedded media trade exact fidelity for smaller files.

• Video coding formatNarrower topic: It describes the broad tradeoff used by most practical video formats.