Overcompression vs. Compression

Overcompressionnoun

Excessive compression.

Compressionnoun

An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.

Compressionnoun

(automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.

Compressionnoun

(computing) The process by which data is compressed.

Compressionnoun

(music) The electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled.

Compressionnoun

(astronomy) The deviation of a heavenly body from a spherical form.

Compressionnoun

The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.

Compressionnoun

reduction of the space required for storage (of binary data) by an algorithm which converts the data to a smaller number of bits while preserving the information content. The act of compressing {3}.

Compressionnoun

an increase in the density of something

Compressionnoun

the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together;

‘the contraction of a gas on cooling’;

Compressionnoun

encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

Compressionnoun

applying pressure