data compression
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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
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