Compression
Compression
Compression
Look up compressionor compressor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Compression may refer to:
In physical science:
Physical compression, the result of the subjection of a material to compressive stress
Compression member, a class of structural elements, of which a column is the most common specific example
Compressibility, a measure of volume change resulting from pressure, the reciprocal of the bulk modulus
Gas compression, raising the pressure and reducing the volume of gases
Compression ratio, a figure of merit for an internal-combustion engine
Compression (geology), a system of forces that tend to decrease the volume of or shorten rocks
In information science:
Data compression, the process of encoding digital information using fewer bits
Audio compression (data), the compression of digital audio streams and files
Bandwidth compression, a reduction in either the time to transmit or in the amount of bandwidth required to transmit
Compression artifact, noticeable defects in audio or video that has been compressed
Image compression, the application of data compression on digital images
Video compression, the compression of digital video streams and files
Dynamic range compression, a compression process that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal
Gain compression, in electronic amplifiers, a reduction in differential or slope gain resulting from device non-linearity
In medicine:
Brain compression, a potentially fatal condition where pressure is exerted on the brain by internal bleeding
Compression bandage, a bandage that uses compression to reduce the flow of blood
In mathematics:
Compression (functional analysis), the compression of a linear operator "T" on a Hilbert space to a subspace "K" is the operator
Other:
Compression (phonetics), running syllables together in informal speech
See also
Compaction (disambiguation)
compress
Compression shorts
Compressor (disambiguation)
Decompression (disambiguation)
Expansion (disambiguation)
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