Elegant Compression in Text (The LZ 77 Method) - Computerphile

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Text compression methods such as LZ can reduce file sizes by up to 80%. Professor Brailsford explains the nuts and bolts of how it is done. Original Compression film: http://youtu.be/Lto-ajuqW3w EXTRA BITS - Text Compression meets probabilities: http://youtu.be/cCDCfoHTsaU Cross Site Scripting with Tom Scott: http://youtu.be/L5l9lSnNMxg http://www.facebook.com/computerphile https://twitter.com/computer_phile This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley. Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputer Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at: http://bit.ly/bradychannels

Published 2013-11-01 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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