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Encoding images

Like all types of data, images are encoded. We will look at a sample image and a coding scheme. We will discuss some of the characteristics of a code, and conclude with a discussion of the amount of information in an image.

Keywords:: none, an image representation code, the amount of information in an image, the number of bits in a code

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Academic Support Services / Library and Information Services / Information and Communication Technology Literacy / Information Literacy Standards

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Material Type:: Tutorial
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 22, 2011
Date Modified in MERLOT:: June 22, 2016
Author:: Larry Press, CSUDH
Submitter:: Larry Press

Primary Audience:: High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States