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Details for: Huffman Encoding


Compression Name	Huffman Encoding
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Identifier(s)	PUID: x-cmp/19
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Description	Developed by David Huffman in 1952, Huffman encoding is one of the oldest and most established compression algorithms. It is lossless and is used to provide a final compression stage in a number of more modern compression schemes, such as Baseline JPEG and Deflate. In modified form, it is also used in CCITT Group 3 compression.
Lossiness	Lossless
Released	01 Jan 1952
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