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Generation loss
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<p>Generation loss is the loss of quality between subsequent <a href="/facts/Copying/tYLEqrSl">copies</a> or <a href="/facts/Transcoding/5GHL1F4B">transcodes</a> 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 the introduction of <a href="/facts/Compression_artifact/7DhxoVAv">artifacts</a> may actually increase the entropy of the data through each generation. </p>