lossy
/ˈlɔːsi/
sacrificing some information for efficiency or simplicity
lossy in a sentence
“Human memory is inherently lossy, retaining gist over detail.”
Origin of lossy
English loss + -y (characterized by)
Related Words
channel capacity
the maximum rate at which information can be reliably transmitted
bit
the fundamental unit of information; a binary choice
mutual information
the amount of information one variable contains about another
entropy
a measure of uncertainty or randomness in information; the average information content
redundancy
the use of more information than necessary; repetition that aids error correction
compression
reducing the size of data by eliminating redundancy