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Calculating the DCT of a series of numbers representing an image, arranging it in a matrix, traversing it in a zigzag pattern and applying run-length encoding d
by spacemanmatt 12y ago
Calculating the DCT of a series of numbers representing an image, arranging it in a matrix, traversing it in a zigzag pattern and applying run-length encoding does something undeniably mundane, in the eyes of a typical computer programmer. We call this transformation. It's useful, but it's MATH.
- throwawaykf05 12y ago1. No, it is a useful application of math. The moment it can be used for absolutely practical purposes like compression, it is no longer abstract. 2. It appears mundane because I just spelt it out for you. Was it "typical computer programmers" that invented JPEG encoding?