Hi,
Dwivedi Ajay kumar typed:
> > This got me thinking... What does 100% compression mean? Does it mean
> > that the compressed file is 1/100th the size of the original file?
> Its your choice how you say it.........
> I'd say 100% No compression
> 0% Infinite compression :-wow
> But be clear. I would declare my uncompressed files as 100%
But it also depends on what the percentage actually refers to - the
actual amount of compression, or the size percentage of the compressed
file against the uncompressed. If it's the former, then higher
percentage implies higher compression, and smaller compressed
filesize. So 100% = infinite compression.
In the latter case, 0% = infinite compression, because the compressed
filesize = 0, thus percentage of compressed size / uncompressed
filesize = 0%.
I remember - back in my DOS days, PKZIP used the first kind of
percentage. Then I discovered RAR, which compressed better, etc. but
followed the second type of percentage. That got really confusing! :-)
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