Pixel sort

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pixel sort

Usage: n. Etymology: Commodore Business Machines Derivation: Commodore users See Also: bogo-sort

pixel sort: n.

[Commodore users] Any compression routine which irretrievably loses valuable data in the process of crunching it. Disparagingly used for `lossy' methods such as JPEG. The theory, of course, is that these methods are only used on photographic images in which minor loss-of-data is not visible to the human eye. The term pixel sort implies distrust of this theory. Compare bogo-sort.

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