This document discusses digital media compression. It aims to help readers understand compression techniques, specifically lossy versus lossless compression. Lossy compression permanently eliminates some data to greatly reduce file sizes, while lossless compression uses formulas to compress files without losing any quality upon decompression. Examples show lossy compression can shrink files more than lossless compression, though quality is reduced. The document seeks to explain these concepts and differences between uncompressed, compressed, lossy, and lossless files and compression techniques.