The Data Compression Book - Softcover

Nelson, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558512160 ISBN 13: 9781558512160

Publisher: M&T Press, 1992

Synopsis

Covers various data compression techniques used on personal and mid-sized computers. Explores different data compression methods, explains the theory behind each, and shows C programmers how to apply them to significantly increase the storage capacity of their system. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

About this title

From the Back Cover

The Data Compression Book Second Edition The Data Compression Book is the most authoritative guide to data compression techniques available. This second edition has been updated to include fractal compression techniques and all the latest developments in the compression field. All the code in the previous edition has been updated to run with today's compilers and has been tested on multiple platforms to ensure flawless performance. You'll learn to write C programs for nearly any environment as you explore different compression methods. Nelson and Gailly discuss the theory behind each method and apply the techniques involved to shrink data down to a minimum. Each technique is illustrated with a complete, functional C program that not only demonstrates how data compression works, but it also can be incorporated into your own data compression programs. You'll also get detailed benchmarks demonstrating the speed and compression ability of each technique. The code in this book has been tested on a variety of platforms and compilers including Microsoft Visual C++ 1.5 with MS–DOS 5.0 and 6.22; Borland C++ 4.0 and 4.5 with MS–DOS 5.0 and 6.22; Symantec C++ 6.0 and 7.0 with MS–DOS 5.0 & 6.22; Interactive Unix System 3.2 with the portable C compiler; Solaris 2.4 with the SunSoft compiler; and Linux 1.1 with the Gnu C Compiler. Topics Include:

• The Shannon–Fano and Huffman coding techniques
• Adaptive Huffman coding techniques
• Lossy compression
• The JPEG compression algorithm
• Fractal compression techniques
• Arithmetic coding
• Dictionary compression methods

About the Author

MARK NELSON is a regular contributor to various technical publications including Dr. Dobbs Journal, Computer Language, and the C User's Journal. JEAN–LOUP GAILLY, a software consultant with more than 15 years of programming experience, wrote the compression code of the freeware zip archiver and is the author of the gzip data–compression program.

Edition details

• Publisher: M&T Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558512160
• ISBN 13: 9781558512160
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 527