Computer Science AQA A level: Explain the prinicple of how an dictionary based method compresses data

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Explain the prinicple of how an dictionary based method compresses data

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Patterns/ recurring bits of data are added to a dictionary
This dictionary is appened to the file
When diconstructing a file, the dictionary refrences can be used instead of the actual data

Computer Science AQA A level

Explain the prinicple of how an dictionary based method compresses data

Patterns/ recurring bits of data are added to a dictionary This dictionary is appened to the file When diconstructing a file, the dictionary refrences can be used instead of the actual data

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