compressed format

collocation in English

meaningsofcompressandformat

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compress
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒm.pres/us
/ˈkɑːm.pres/
a thick, soft piece of cloth that is pressed to a part of a person's body to stop bleeding or to reduce pain ...
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format
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈfɔː.mæt/us
/ˈfɔːr.mæt/
a pattern, plan, ...
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(Definition ofcompressandformatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Such lists may have been an attempt to provide a lot of information (all well-documented) in a verycompressedformat.
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The company serves webpages in acompressedformatto increase effective speeds up to 1300 kbit/s (average 500 kbit/s).
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Infobase files store text, word processor documents, and multimedia data in a highlycompressedformat that includes a full index of the file's contents.
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User metadata and special synchronization data can be incorporated into thecompressedformatat configurable rates.
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It allows an extremelycompressedformat, far more compact than, for example, mp3.
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Once a particular tile was rendered on the card, it was stored on the card incompressedformatso it could be re-used on future frames.
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In a losslesscompressedformat, however, the music would occupy a smaller file than an uncompressed format and the silence would take up almost no space at all.
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On the tape version, to save space, each image was stored in acompressedformatby storing outline information and then flood filling the enclosed areas on the screen.
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When working with acompressedformat, the indexer first decompresses the document; this step may result in one or more files, each of which must be indexed separately.
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This data may also include application and operating-system software, sometimes packaged and archived in compressed formats.
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