{"id":45101,"date":"2025-12-15T02:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T02:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/?p=45101"},"modified":"2025-12-15T02:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T02:46:07","slug":"experiencing-data-compression-in-action-cps-global-school-anna-nagar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/experiencing-data-compression-in-action-cps-global-school-anna-nagar\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiencing Data Compression in Action @ CPS Global School, Anna Nagar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine trying to recreate a picture from just a few words\u2014this is exactly what our students of IBDP year 1 did in the computer science class, acting as a live demonstration of data compression. One described the image, another compressed it, and the third reconstructed it, showing first-hand how information can be lost or preserved.\u00a0This simple exercise vividly showed how compression reduces data and how details can be lost in the process. Students quickly grasped the difference between essential and redundant information and understood the trade-offs behind lossy and lossless compression. It was a fun, hands-on way to see theory come alive and reinforced the importance of prioritizing information in computing.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45103\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG1-400x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG1-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG1-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG1-810x608.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG1-1140x855.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45104\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG2-434x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG2-434x300.jpeg 434w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG2-1024x708.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG2-217x150.jpeg 217w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG2-768x531.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG2-810x560.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG2-145x100.jpeg 145w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG2.jpeg 1063w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG4-400x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG4-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG4-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG4-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG4-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG4-810x608.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG4-1140x855.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG4.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG5-417x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG5-417x300.jpeg 417w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG5-209x150.jpeg 209w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG5-768x552.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG5-810x582.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.cpsglobalschool.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IBDP1_CS_NOV_IMG5.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine trying to recreate a picture from just a few words\u2014this is exactly what our students of IBDP year 1 did in the computer science class, acting as a live demonstration of data compression. 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