Term: Compression (data)

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Term: Compression (data)

Definition:

The process of encoding data in a manner that reduces the amount of information required than required for the uncompressed data. Compression techniques can be categorized into two major categories: lossless and lossy.

Category:

General

Resource:

Data compression (Wikipedia article)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_compression

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