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Does 5 GB of jpeg images take the same amount of time to download and/or import as 5 GB of plain text?
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Mar 15, 20262966 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Just wondering, since right now I'm importing all my pictures from a CD my dad burned for me. I was curious if 5 GB of pictures took the same exact amount of time as 5 GB of text when doing these kinds of transfers. Since there might be 'overhead' associated with the different file formats even if …
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The answer is "it depends". Depends on what you mean by "download". If you're downloading from a web site, than some sites automatically compress files "on the fly", and text compresses very well, while JPEG is already compressed, so it won't compre…
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