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Line 53: Binary scaling is currently used in the linux [[microwindows]] release to linearise [[touchscreen]]s. It is also used in the [[DCT\|Discrete_cosine_transform]] used to compress [[JPEG]] images in utilities such as the [[GIMP]]. Although floating point has taken over to a large degree, where speed and extra accuracy are required, binary scaling is faster and more accurate.

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