compression definition

compression

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

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

Alternative term for data compression.

compression is in the Data Management, Communications, & Networks, Entrepreneurship, Management, & Leadership, HR, Teams, & Training and Industries, Manufacturing, & Technology subjects.

compression appears in the definitions of the following terms: data encryption, point to point protocol (PPP), column, MP3 (MPEG layer 3), compression algorithm, cartonboard, DVD (Digital Video Disk), Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) Image format, carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), CODEC and

compression appears in these other terms: file compression, compression strength, compression resistance, wage compression, lossless compression, duration compression, data compression, lossy compression

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