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adj. - Characterized by or causing no dissipation of energy.

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  • The audio is lossless, meaning it's not compressed.
  • Remember the word "lossless" from our class lecture and reading?
  • Want your beloved iPod to play dozens of free games or better-quality music files, such as "lossless" FLAC files?
  • Grossly oversimplified, FLAC is similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality.
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