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ashumeow edited this page Dec 7, 2014 · 1 revision

The bitmasking is termed as the ability that helps to trigger the speed of compression as well as the speed of decompression. It is also termed as the code compression based technique where it helps in achieving speed of compression and decompression.

Bitmasking has some parameters namely:
1. word length (w),
2. Number of entries in dictionary (d).

The bitmask based compression is represented as the ratio of total dictionary size, total size of fully matched words, total size of bitmasked words and total uncompressed code to the number of words to be compressed and word length.

Advantages:

1. Reduction in memory size.
2. Improved speed in compression and decompression.
3. Code compression, where it reduces the size of the codes.
4. No overhead.
5. Provides dynamic power in bit streaming.