KnowraLossy compressionLinked fromLinked fromThe 19 pages that link to Lossy compression, each with the reason it gives.All 19Broader topic 2Related 8Narrower topic 2Compared with 7Data compressionBroader topic: It trades exact recovery for greater size reduction or acceptable perceptual quality.Audio coding formatBroader topic: Formats such as MP3 use this tradeoff to achieve much lower bitrates.