Hardcover. This reference presents a blend of introductory material on what data compression is and how it operates, combined with an in-depth look at how data compression is used in real-world applications. In addition it offers practical guidance for future technology development. The text is arranged into four sections, beginning with an introduction to the user requirements for data compression and the marketplace constraints and rules that affect its application. An explanation of the most important algorithms for text, speech, image, and video data is provided in the next section. For each type of data, the reader is given the information needed to understand how data compression algorithms work. The following section is a comprehensive guide to the use of data compression in the computer, communications, consumer-electronics, publishing, entertainment, and healthcare industries. Data compression is now indispensable to products and services of many industries including computers, communications, healthcare, publishing and entertainment. For those who know the technology well, it reveals what happens when data compression is used in real-world applications and provides guidance for future technology development. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Data Compression in Digital Systems (Hardcover)
Publisher: Chapman and Hall, London
Publication Date: 1997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0412085518
ISBN 13: 9780412085512
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: new

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Data compression is now indispensable to products and services of many industries including computers, communications, healthcare, publishing and entertainment. This invaluable resource introduces this area to information system managers and others who need to understand how it is changing the world of digital systems. For those who know the technology well, it reveals what happens when data compression is used in real-world applications and provides guidance for future technology development.

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Roy Hoffman recently retired as a Senior Technical Staff Member and a member of the IBM Academy of Technology, from IBM in Rochester, Minnesota.

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