compression
/kəmˈpɹɛʃən/
reducing the size of data by eliminating redundancy
compression in a sentence
“Effective compression preserves meaning while removing unnecessary bits.”
Origin of compression
Latin comprimere (to press together)
Related Words
encoding
converting information from one form to another for transmission or storage
decoding
extracting the original information from an encoded form
signal-to-noise ratio
the proportion of meaningful information to irrelevant interference
bandwidth
the capacity of a channel to transmit information; cognitive processing capacity
lossless
preserving all original information through transformation
lossy
sacrificing some information for efficiency or simplicity