Usually means: Reduces file size, loses quality.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. lossy compression: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lossy compression: Wordnik
  3. Lossy compression: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. lossy compression: FreeDictionary.org
  5. lossy compression: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. lossy compression: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Lossy Compression: Glossary of Binary Graphics
  3. Compression, Lossy: Multimedia Glossary

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. lossy compression: CCI Computer
  2. Lossy Compression: Game Dictionary
  3. Webopedia (No longer online)
  4. lossy compression: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lossy Compression: Visionary
  2. lossy compression: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Visionary, for the Study of Vision (No longer online)
  2. Archeological Collections Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lossy compression: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Lossy compression)

noun:  In information technology, lossy compression or irreversible compression is the class of data compression methods that uses inexact approximations and partial data discarding to represent the content.

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