3. 3. Glossary

These are the terms that appear in this manual.

Compression rate

(Size after compression / Size before compression) x 100 [%].

Symbol (character)

One processing unit of input data for compression processing. In this system, select from BYTE, WORD, and DWORD.

Code

The smallest unit of output data for compression processing. It is specified for each method.

Run length method

A data compression method that replaces input data with consecutive lengths and values.

Run-length

The number of consecutive inputs of the same value.

Mismatch series

In the run length method, it is a section where the run length is short and it swells on the contrary in normal processing.