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It is insufficiently considered that men more often require to be reminded than informed. Samuel Johnson This file is part 1 of a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for the groups comp.compression and comp.compression.research. If you can't find part 2 or 3, see item 53 below. A copy of this FAQ is available by ftp in ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/compression-faq/ files part1 to part3. This FAQ is also accessible in the World Wide Web at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/compression-faq/part1/preamble.html or http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/compression-faq/top.html Certain questions get asked time and again, and this is an attempt to reduce the bandwidth taken up by these posts and their associated replies. If you have a question, *please* check this file before you post. It may save a lot of peoples time. If you have not already read the overall Usenet introductory material posted to "news.announce.newusers", please do. 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Main changes relative to the previous version: - LZO page moved [item 2] - new url for the File Format Collection [items 2 & 54] - new url for ACE [item 2] - new pkzip version [item 3] - fixed url for arithmetic coder [item 13] - add url for DjVu, an image compression library [item 15] - remove obsolete link [item 15] - new url for DCT algorithms [item 15] - add url for lossless image compression benchmarks [item 16] - added urls for the MP3 audio compression standard, and for benchmarks of lossless audio compression programs [item 26] Contents ======== General questions: [1] What are these newsgroups about? [2] What is this .xxx file type? Where can I find the corresponding compression program? [3] What is the latest pkzip version? [4] What is an archiver? [5] What is the best general purpose compression program? [7] Which books should I read? [8] What about patents on data compression algorithms? [9] Compression of random data (WEB, Gilbert and others) [10] Fake compression programs (OWS, WIC) [11] What is the V.42bis standard? [12] I need source for the winners of the Dr Dobbs compression contest [13] I need source for arithmetic coding Image and audio compression: [15] Where can I get image compression programs? [16] What is the state of the art in lossless image compression? [17] What is the state of fractal compression? [18] I need specs and source for TIFF and CCITT group 4 Fax. [19] What is JPEG? [20] I am looking for source of an H.261/H.263 codec and MPEG [25] Fast DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform) algorithms [26] Are there algorithms and standards for audio compression? Common problems: [30] My archive is corrupted! [31] pkunzip reports a CRC error! [32] VMS zip is not compatible with pkzip! [33] I have a problem with Stacker or DoubleSpace! Questions which do not really belong to comp.compression: [50] What is this 'tar' compression program? [51] I need a CRC algorithm [52] What about those people who continue to ask frequently asked questions? [53] Where are FAQ lists archived? [54] I need specs for graphics formats [55] Where can I find Lenna and other images? [56] I am looking for a message digest algorithm [57] I have lost my password on a .zip file Part 2: (Long) introductions to data compression techniques [70] Introduction to data compression (long) Huffman and Related Compression Techniques Arithmetic Coding Substitutional Compressors The LZ78 family of compressors The LZ77 family of compressors [71] Introduction to MPEG (long) What is MPEG? Does it have anything to do with JPEG? Then what's JBIG and MHEG? What has MPEG accomplished? So how does MPEG I work? What about the audio compression? So how much does it compress? What's phase II? When will all this be finished? How do I join MPEG? How do I get the documents, like the MPEG I draft? [72] What is wavelet theory? [73] What is the theoretical compression limit? [74] Introduction to JBIG [75] Introduction to JPEG [76] What is Vector Quantization? [77] Introduction to Fractal compression [78] The Burrows-Wheeler block sorting algorithm Part 3: (Long) list of image compression hardware [85] Image compression hardware [99] Acknowledgments Search for "Subject: [#]" to get to question number # quickly. Some news readers can also take advantage of the message digest format used here. If you know very little about data compression, read question 70 in part 2 first.
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Section Contents
- News Headers
- [1] What are these newsgroups about?
- [2] What is this .xxx file type? Where can I find the corresponding compression program?
- [3] What is the latest PKZIP version?
- [4] What is an archiver?
- [5] What is the best general purpose compression program?
- [7] Which books should I read?
- [8] What about patents on data compression algorithms?
- [9] Compression of random data (WEB, Gilbert and others)
- [10] Fake compression programs (OWS, WIC)
- [11] What is the V.42bis standard?
- [12] I need source for the winners of the Dr Dobbs compression contest
- [13] I need source for arithmetic coding
- [15] Where can I get image compression programs?
- [16] What is the state of the art in lossless image compression?
- [17] What is the state of fractal compression?
- [18] I need specs and source for TIFF and CCITT group 4 Fax
- [19] What is JPEG?
- [20] I am looking for source of an H.261/H.263 codec and MPEG
- [25] Fast DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform) algorithms
- [26] Are there algorithms and standards for audio compression?
- [30] My archive is corrupted!
- [31] pkunzip reports a CRC error!
- [32] VMS zip is not compatible with pkzip!
- [33] I have a problem with Stacker or DoubleSpace!
- [50] What is this 'tar' compression program?
- [51] I need a CRC algorithm
- [52] What about those people who continue to ask frequently asked questions in spite of the frequently asked questions document?
- [53] Where are FAQ lists archived?
- [54] I need specs for graphics formats
- [55] Where can I find Lenna and other images?
- [56] I am looking for a message digest algorithm
- [57] I have lost my password on a .zip file
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