Source coding

Source coding is like playing with LEGOs. You have different colored pieces and you want to make something cool out of them. But you have to be very careful not to waste any of your pieces. You need to use just the right amount of pieces to build what you want.

In source coding, instead of LEGOs, you have information. This information can be anything, like a photo or a song. Just like with LEGOs, you want to use just the right amount of information to make something cool, like a video game or a website.

But why do we care about using just the right amount of information? Well, it's because information takes up space. And if we use too much information, it takes longer to move it around. Just like it takes longer to move a huge pile of LEGOs than a small one.

So we use source coding to make our information smaller, without losing any important parts. It's like taking apart a toy car and packing it into a small box without breaking any of the pieces.

When we send information from one place to another, like from your computer to a friend's phone, we need to make sure it gets there quickly and accurately. Source coding helps us do that by making the information smaller, so it can move faster and more easily.

Overall, source coding is a way of taking information and carefully breaking it down into smaller parts, like LEGOs. This helps us use just the right amount of information without wasting any space or time.