ISO/IEC 12042:1993

Information technology — Data compression for information interchange — Binary arithmetic coding algorithm ISO/IEC 12042:1993

Publication date:   Dec 9, 1993

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90.93 Standard confirmed   Jun 1, 2022

ISO/IEC

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 23 Digitally Recorded Media for Information Interchange and Storage

International Standard

35.220.20   Magnetic storage devices in general

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Specifies an algorithm for the reduction of the number of bits required to represent information. This process is known as data compression. The algorithm uses binary arithmetic coding and provides lossless compression and is intended for use in information interchange.

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ISO/IEC 12042:1993
90.93 Standard confirmed
Jun 1, 2022

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Adopted from ECMA-159