adjective
- involving no loss of data, quality, or information during compression, transmission, or processing
Usage: technical; computing
Examples
- PNG is a lossless image format that preserves all original pixel data.
- The engineer chose lossless compression to ensure no data was discarded.
- Lossless audio codecs are preferred by audiophiles who want perfect sound reproduction.
- When you save a file in lossless format, you can decompress it to get the exact original.
- The backup system uses lossless compression to maintain file integrity.