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Wikipedia says : ''In computer science and information theory, data compression or source coding is the process of encoding information using fewer bits (or other information-bearing units) than an unencoded representation would use, through use of specific encoding schemes.'' So be it. ==Compression ? In my CPC ?== More often than you may believe. ==The power of CrossDev== It was common to use a 16 bit computer like an [[Atari|Atari ST]] to get stronger compression. Today it is possible to get various compressors which are running on a PC platform and produce binary files which can be decompressed on [[Z80]] computers. [[Xyphoes Fantasy]] is a noteable example. The data is compressed and it was generated on an Atari ST. Examples for modern CrossDev compression programs with Z80 decompression routines are* [[Bitbuster]]* [[Exomizer]]* [[MegaLZ]]* [[Pucrunch]]* [[ZX7]] == File compression == *[[Cheese|Cheese]] ([[Antoine Pitrou|Antoine Pitrou]]) *[[Columbia|Columbia]] ([[Robot PD|Robot PD]]) *[[CPC T|CPC_T]] ([[Madram|Madram]]) *[[CrownCruncher|CrownCruncher]] ([[Crown|Crown]]) *[[FlowerCruncher|FlowerCruncher]] ([[Roudoudou|Roudoudou]]) *[[LZ48|LZ48]] ([[Roudoudou|Roudoudou]]) *[[LZ49|LZ49]] ([[Roudoudou|Roudoudou]]) *[[SQ23|SQ23]] *[[Turbocruncher|Turbocruncher]] ([[Elmar Krieger|Elmar Krieger]]) *[[Turbo Imploder|Turbo Imploder]] ([[Crown|Crown]]) *[[Zenith|Zenith]] == File decompression == *[[LZ4|LZ4]] ([[Roudoudou|Roudoudou]])*[[NLarge|NLarge]] ([[FG Brain|FG Brain]]) ==Links==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_compression Wikipedia's opinion on the matter...] [[Category:DATA Storage]][[Category:Programming]][[Category:Applications]][[Category:CrossDev]]