Multiple choice

Lossy or Lossless: Which has better quality?

  1. Lossy

  2. Lossless

  3. Neither
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Lossless compression retains all of the original data, allowing the file to be reconstructed perfectly with no loss in quality. Lossy compression permanently discards some data to achieve smaller file sizes, which can degrade the quality of the file.

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