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4040Of course a compression method can beat the limit for specific sets,
4141but it will have to compensate by using more bits for others.
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43+ #### Origin of the name
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45+ The name * ncrlite* is a pun on this theoretical limit
46+ and [ CRLite] ( https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2020/01/09/crlite-part-1-all-web-pki-revocations-compressed/ ) .
47+ Namely * N choose k* is sometimes written as * N nCr k* , including
48+ on my old [ TI 83+] ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-83_series ) ,
49+ and I studied this problem initially in the context of compressing
50+ certificate transparency index numbers of revoked certificates.
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4352Commandline tool
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