COMPRESSION

'Compression' itself may refer to:

★ Gas compression, raising the pressure and reducing the volume of gases

★ Physical compression, the result of the subjection of a material to compressive stress

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★ Compression arch suspended-deck bridge, a compression arch rises above the deck

★ Compressibility, a measure of volume change resulting from pressure

★ Compression (geology), a system of forces that tend to decrease the volume of or shorten rocks.

★ Compression in zoology and paleontology refers to where an animal, or part of an animal is shorter or narrower compared with other animals in the same group; eg the body of a lizard may be ''compressed'' (flattened) so it can better fit into crevices under rocks.

★ Compression ratio, a number that predicts the performance of any internal-combustion engine

★ Data compression, encoding information using fewer bits

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★ Image compression

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★ Audio data compression

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★ Video compression

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★ Compression artifact, noticeable defects in audio or video that has been compressed

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★ Bandwidth compression, in telecommunications

★ Gain compression in electronic amplifiers, which is a result of device non-linearity

★ Audio level compression, usually artificially introduced Gain compression to improve the perceived quality of audio

★ Compression (functional analysis), in mathematics

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★ Compression bandage, designed to reduce the flow of blood

★ Compression, the opposite of Tension.

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See also

See also

★ Gas compressor

★ Compressor

★ Compressor (software), Final Cut video and audio compression and encoding application

★ compress, a UNIX program

★ KOMPRESSOR, an electronic musician.

★ Compaction

★ Decompression

★ Expansion