Associations to the word «Lossy»

Wiktionary

LOSSY, adjective. (telecommunications) of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength
LOSSY, adjective. (power systems) of an electricity transmission line, subject to various forms of power loss
LOSSY, adjective. (of an algorithm for converting or compressing data) reducing the amount of information in data.

Dictionary definition

LOSSY, adjective. Characterized by or causing dissipation of energy.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin