1) Data compression 2) Work by Elizabeth Hand 
Generation Loss is a novel published by Elizabeth Hand. ==Reception== ==Awards== ... Generation loss refers to the loss of quality between subsequent copies or transcodes of data. Anything that reduces the quality of the representation when copying, and would cause further reduction in quality on making a copy of the copy, can be considered a form of generation loss. File size increases are a common result of generation loss, as t...
The loss of quality that occurs in any type of analog duplication such as an interneg. Digital images do not have this kind of loss of quality when duplicated
The loss of quality that occurs in any type of analog duplication such as an interneg. Digital images do not have this kind of loss of quality when duplicated. 
A loss of sound quality between subsequent generations of an analogue recording (usually tape, where a copy of a copy of a copy may sound noticably inferior to the original recording). This is not a problem with digital recording, so long as it is not converted into analogue. This is due to the fact that in its most basic level, the copying of a di...
The loss of image quality or data as the image is reproduced multiple times.