lost in the noise
Synonym lost in the underflow. This term is from signal processing, where
signals of very small amplitude cannot be separated from low-intensity noise in
the system. Though popular among hackers, it is not confined to hackerdom;
physicists, engineers, astronomers, and statisticians all use it.
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Lossless Predictive Audio Compression « lossy «
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