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	<term>lossy compression</term>
	<definition><p>A type of <glossary tag="compress">compression</glossary> technique, used for pictures, that discards some of the data in order to <function tag="compress">compress</function> it better. The compression used to store <glossary tag="JPEG">JPEG</glossary> <function tag="files">files</function> is lossy.</p></definition>
	<categories>
	 	<category>Images &amp; Multimedia</category>
	</categories>
	<synonyms>
	 	<synonym>lossy compression</synonym>
	 	<synonym>lossy compression's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>lossy compression method</synonym>
	 	<synonym>lossy compression methods</synonym>
	 	<synonym>lossy compression method's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>lossy compression methods'</synonym>
	 	<synonym>lossy</synonym>
	</synonyms>
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