Version 1.0, August 31, 2001, Copyright, Hugh Jack 1993-2001
· We can make a file smaller by compressing it (unless it is already compressed, then it gets larger)
· File compression can make files harder to use in Web documents, but the smaller size makes them faster to download. A good rule of thumb is that when the file is MB is size, compression will have a large impact.
· Many file formats have compression built in, including,
· Typical compression formats include,
· Some files, such as text, will become 1/10 of their original size.