3． Glossary

These are terms that appear in this manual.

compression ratio

(Size after compression/Size before compression) x 100 [%].

symbol (character)

One processing unit of input data for compression processing. In this system, select from BYTE, WORD, and DWORD.

sign

This is the minimum unit of output data for compression processing. Specified for each method.

run length method

A data compression method that replaces input data with run lengths and values.

Rencho

This is the number of consecutive inputs with the same value.

mismatched series

In the run-length method, this is a section where the run length is short and would swell in normal processing.