compression

Definition 1

External force (stress) that tends to crush a material, squeezing its particles closer and shortening the dimension in the direction of its action.

Definition 2

Reorganization method in which a management combines two or more departments into one, resulting usually in layoffs.

Definition 3

Alternative term for data compression.


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