Editing Data degradation (section)

===Example===
One manifestation of data degradation is when one or a few bits are randomly flipped over a long period of time.{{Sfn|Rosenthal|2010|p=50}} This is illustrated by several digital images below, all consisting of 326,272 bits. The original photo is displayed first. In the next image, a single bit was changed from 0 to 1. In the next two images, two and three bits were flipped. On [[Linux]] systems, the binary difference between files can be revealed using the {{code|cmp}} command (e.g. {{code|cmp -b bitrot-original.jpg bitrot-1bit-changed.jpg}}).

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File:Bitrot in JPEG files, 0 bits flipped.jpg|0 bits flipped
File:Bitrot in JPEG files, 1 bit flipped.jpg|1 bit flipped
File:Bitrot in JPEG files, 2 bits flipped.jpg|2 bits flipped
File:Bitrot in JPEG files, 3 bits flipped.jpg|3 bits flipped
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