Re:Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps
by enkid on Saturday August 15, 2020 @10:47AM
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But thats not compression. That's downloading and running an executable that duplicates files.
Re:Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps
by Dylan16807 on Saturday August 15, 2020 @02:02PM
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Having a reference dictionary is a type of compression.
You need a program that decompresses no matter what, and the ability to reference existing files barely changes it. It's not a post-processing stage where files get copied around. It's the ability to reference arbitrary chunks of data inter-file just like it can reference arbitrary chunks of data intra-file.
At the most basic level it's like taking a compressed file and chopping it in half. The user already has the first half, then they download the second half and "resume" decompressing.
And that's not relevant to initial install anyway, which can/should be a single download.