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## What is a compression ratio?

The compression ratio is the uncompressed file size / compressed file size. The following table contains compression ratio examples.

#### Compression Ratio Examples

File Size (not compressed) | File Size (compressed)
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500 KB | 10 KB (ratio is 50:1)
1000 KB | 10 KB (ratio is 100:1)
1001 KB | 10 KB (ratio exceeds 100:1)
2000 KB | 10 KB (ratio is 200:1)