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A technique in information technology by which the same amount of data is transmitted by using a smaller number of bits; for example, by replacing a string of ten repeated digits with a command to repeat the digit ten times.

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notes for data compression

Data compression is essential in technologies that transmit things like digitized movies in real time.

Words nearby data compression

data capture, datacard, data carrier, datacenter, data communication, data compression, data deficient, data dictionary, data entry, data exhaust, dataflow architecture

How to use data compression in a sentence

Therefore, it is not possible for any F-35 schedule to include a video data link or infrared pointer at this point.
Pentagon Misfires in Stealth Jet Scandal|Dave Majumdar|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The flight management computers include the navigation data programmed for every flight.
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We might even see data that suggest the program is performing efficiently.
Can the U.S. Government Go Moneyball?|Peter Orszag, Jim Nussle|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Take fiscal year 2013, the last year the finalized data is available.
Merry Christmas, Defense Contractors!|Veronique de Rugy|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In short, the existing data makes fracking seem like a judgment call.
New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban|Jay Michaelson|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Should it fail, the fluid can generally be pumped out by alternate compression of the tube and the bulb.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
This compression will be vastly increased through the simultaneous opening of the eight circular speaking ports SP.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
The doctrines of free trade are of very recent growth; the data on which its laws are founded are few, and also uncertain.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
In the experiment with the cylinder above described, the compression is due to mechanical energy, a force of another nature.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
With regard to the effects on the sexual powers, I have not sufficient data upon which to found positive rules.
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy|Alexander Hughes Bennett