What can be the least possible value of data-compression-ratio for any real dataset
问题 I am writing ZLIB like API for an embedded hardware compressor which uses deflate algorithm for compression of given input stream. Before going further i would like to explain data compression ratio. Data compression ratio is defined as the ratio between the uncompressed size and compressed size. Compression ratio is usually greater than one. which mean compressed data is usually smaller than uncompressed data, which is whole point to do compression. but this is not always the case. for