Most codecs also serve as compressors, so they are "lossy" - they reduce the quality of the information in order to make the file smaller.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

Hence, compressed formats are also known as lossy formats, since details are lost.    From Wordnik.com.  [videosaver.net] Reference

JPEG is called a lossy file format, however, because it compresses photos to save disk space.    From Wordnik.com.  [PCWorld] Reference

This is known as lossy compression, and can result in a loss of quality if a high level of compression is applied.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boagworld recommends] Reference

Remember that MPEG-encoding is basically a "lossy" form of compression.    From Wordnik.com.  [DVR's] Reference

It could be defensible if one regards the genome when going through duplications as a "lossy" decompression.    From Wordnik.com.  [Death of a popular anti-ID argument] Reference

MP3s, on the other hand, use a "lossy" compression technique -- they save on space by missing out some of the detail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: February 9, 2003 - February 15, 2003 Archives] Reference

The loss was literal: MP3 is what's called a "lossy".    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

SACD is "lossy" too in that is also a sampled format, just like CD.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scobleizer] Reference

The biggest culprit, of course, is the now-ubiquitous MP3 "lossy" format.    From Wordnik.com.  [International Political Economy Zone] Reference

VPN connections will persist even during periods of "lossy" WAN connections.    From Wordnik.com.  [SearchWinIT: News on enterprise Windows platforms and applications] Reference

Here is where you use the "lossy" format to publish an image, but not before!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

But converting from 'lossy' AAC to MP3 (another lossy format) means a little more data vanishes into the ether.    From Wordnik.com.  [Technology Reviews, News] Reference

Please do not trade/share "lossy" formats of this recording ... so, if you mp3 it ... keep it to yourself please.    From Wordnik.com.  [bt.etree.org] Reference

Such music files are called lossy files.    From Wordnik.com.  [Music, Ringtones and Downloads] Reference

In regard to raw data, decompression is not lossy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Death of a popular anti-ID argument] Reference

MP3 file without using audible lossy compression. benny Says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » We’re In Ur Dorms Downloadin Ur Filez] Reference

Real-time conversion from tape to a lossy compression scheme?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Backup your old “mix tapes” into MP3s | Sync Blog] Reference

Storage formats may be WAV/PCM or some lossy compressed format.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Compact Disc Has Turned 25,] Reference

Compression is lossy (e.g. mp3), and can be lossless (e.g. zip).    From Wordnik.com.  [Death of a popular anti-ID argument] Reference

And then there's the lossy codecs, like GSM, running 13kbit/sec.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Exabytes Redux] Reference

May I ask you to use a non-lossy format for your images such as PNG?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tubbypaws] Reference

JPG is lossy and reduces the quality of your work seen by the public.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tubbypaws] Reference

To that end, the compressed/lossy digital formats are just another marketing tool.    From Wordnik.com.  [iTunes. Whose Tunes?] Reference

Echoing Manu's comments above, the ESA website offers only lossy compressed JPEG images.    From Wordnik.com.  [Herschel Sees Hidden Stars in the Southern Cross | Universe Today] Reference

I would really like a player that would support .flac files rather than the lossy formats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Now and ‘Zen’ you can find a good bargain | Sync Blog] Reference

In principle, several forms can map to the same Mp3 (that is the nature of lossy compression).    From Wordnik.com.  [Aiguy's Computer] Reference

The MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and other lossy audio compression schemes do remove some original signal.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Compact Disc Has Turned 25,] Reference

The customer can choose, what quality he wants (lossy to lossless) and pay for what he chooses.    From Wordnik.com.  [AllOfMP3 Launches allTunes] Reference

(The developments since then about the lossy nature of evolution are interesting in this regard.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Behe Responds] Reference