data compression

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data compression

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  1. uncountable Any of several techniques for reducing the number of bits needed to represent an item of digital data, either to save storage or to use less bandwidth when transmitting it

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noun a technique for reducing the number of bits

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@misc{data_compression_2026,
  title = {data compression},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/data%20compression},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}