How does file compression/ZIP files work?

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I understand it’s to save file space, but like…how?

Follow-up: If you have to compress a photo to save on file size (when emailing, for example) couldn’t it just send essentially a text file on how to uncompress it back to its original size and quality? (ex. “Set the resolution to XxY and add X color at Y pixels”)

Thank you!

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Instead of the full words **comp**ression, **comp**leted, **comp**ensation, **comp**utation, replace ‘comp’ with a symbol like $:

$ression, $leted, $ensation, $utation.

We made it smaller and we know how to change it back to normal.

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