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The name given to the process of encoding data such that it uses lesser number of bits as compared to the original representation.

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How does delta compression reduce the amount of data sent over the network?

Many games use the technique of delta compression in order to lower the data load sent. I fail to understand how this technique actually lowers the data load? … Without delta compression I send a vector3 with the exact position of the entity, for instance (30, 2, 19). With delta compression I send a vector3 with smaller numbers (0.2, 0.1, 0.04). …
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