PIXEL SORT


Meaning of PIXEL SORT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ n. ]

[Commodore users] Any compression routine which irretrievably loses valuable data in the process of crunch ing it. Disparagingly used for `lossy' methods such as JPEG. The theory, of course, is that these methods are only used on photographic images in which minor loss-of-data is not visible to the human eye. The term `pixel sort' implies distrust of this theory. Compare bogo-sort .

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.