COMPARISON OF LOSSLESS DATA COMPRESSION ALGORITHMS FOR TEXT DATA

Data compression is a common requirement for most of the computerized applications. There are number of data compression algorithms, which are dedicated to compress different data formats. Even for a single data type there are number of different compression algorithms, which use different approaches. This paper examines lossless data compression algorithms and compares their performance. A set ofselected algorithms are examined and implemented to evaluate the performance in compressing text data. An experimental comparison of anumber of different lossless data compression algorithms is presented in this paper. The article is concluded by stating which algorithmperforms well for text data