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jan 1, 1972 - DCT compression was first proposed by Nasir Ahmed

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A discrete cosine transform expresses a finite sequence of data points in terms of a sum of cosine functions oscillating at different frequencies. The DCT, first proposed by Nasir Ahmed in 1972, is the most widely used transformation technique in signal processing and data compression.

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jan 1, 1972
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~ 53 years ago