3 definitions
for lossless
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Lossless \Loss"less\, a.
Free from loss. [Obs.] --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
lossless
adj : characterized by or causing no dissipation of energy [ant: lossy]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
lossless
A term describing a data
compression algorithm which retains all the information in
the data, allowing it to be recovered perfectly by
decompression.
Unix compress and GNU gzip perform lossless
compression.
Opposite: lossy.
(1995-03-29)