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Sep 17, 2026 12 min

Elegant Compression in Text (The LZ 77 Method) - Computerphile

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Text compression methods such as LZ can reduce file sizes by up to 80%. Professor Brailsford explains the nuts and bolts of how it is done.Original Compression film: http://youtu.be/Lto-ajuqW3wEXTRA BITS - Text Compression meets probabilities: http://youtu.be/cCDCfoHTsaUCross Site Scripting with Tom Scott: http://youtu.be/L5l9lSnNMxghttp://www.facebook.com/computerphilehttps://twitter.com/computer_phileThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputerComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at: http://bit.ly/bradychannels

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