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A compression artifact is a visual or auditory distortion that appears in digital media, like images, videos, or audio files, as a result of data being compressed to reduce file size. These imperfections, such as blurring, pixelation, or blocky patterns, arise from lossy compression techniques that discard some information, making them a common trade-off in everyday streaming and online sharing where storage and bandwidth are at a premium.
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