Compression
The use of any of several techniques to reduce the number of bits needed to represent information in
data Transmission or storage. This saves storage space on magnetic storage devices such as hard
disk, tape drives and floppy disks. It also saves transmission time.
Related Terms
Adiabatic Soliton Compression,
Compression Utilities,
Data Compression,
Digital Compression,
Mezzanine Compression,
Pulse Compression,
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