data compression

English

Noun

data compression (uncountable)

1. (computing) 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

Translations

a technique for reducing the number of bits

• Finnish: tiedonpakkaus
• Russian: сжа́тие да́нных (ru) n (sžátije dánnyx)