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From: roy@esp.ics.uci.edu (John Roy)
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Subject: compressing a bit stream
Keywords: data compression
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Date: 1 Aug 90 17:12:46 GMT
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Before I go diving into the library, does anybody know of a
good/simple data compression algorithm for a stream of random bits.  I
know this is a tough one, but I would like to the 2 or 3 to 1
compression without loosing any information.  The stream will be
mostly zeros (like 75%) so there is some hope.

thanks,
jmar

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