Fingerprints of Electronic Files: Precision Tests

At every step, a cellular automaton rule is applied to the current state, and cells are dropped according to the compression technique being used. Each compression technique is subjected to three tests. In each test, the fingerprints of two related files are compared. If the fingerprints are distinct, the technique passes the test. The three tests use two random files, two files differing in only 2 bits, and two files differing in only 1 bit, respectively.

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This Demonstration was created during the New Kind of Science Summer School 2008 in Burlington, Vermont.