data compression

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meaningsofdataandcompression

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data
noun[U, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈdeɪ.tə/us
/ˈdeɪ.t̬ə/
information, especially facts or numbers, collected to be examined and considered and used to help decision-making, or information in an electronic form that can be stored and used by ...
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compression
noun[U]
uk
/kəmˈpreʃ.ən/us
/kəmˈpreʃ.ən/
the act of pressing something into a smaller space or putting pressure on it from different sides until it ...
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This is what we mean by 'datacompression'.
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The question is how to exploit the option of solving on coarser meshes only and that ofdatacompression.
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It turns out that this rank reduction procedure is closely related to matrix factorization,datacompression, dimension reduction, and feature selection/extraction.
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There is also a connection to the problem ofdatacompressionin information theory.
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And the state-of-the-art algorithms for bothdatacompressionand error-correcting codes use the same tools as machine learning.
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Datacompressiondoes not work for arbitrary types, but only for types that are representable.
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Suppose we want to encode elements of various data types as bit strings implementing a simple form ofdatacompression.
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Datacompressionusing adaptive coding and partial string matching.
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Paper machinedatacompressionusing wavelets.
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It also supports losslessdatacompressionwhen converting.
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This is in contrast with losslessdatacompression, where data will not be lost via the use of such a procedure.
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Moreover, in every row group,datacompressioncan be done by using compression algorithms used in column-store.
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Tab characters simply became a form ofdatacompression.
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Therefore, subsequent revisions of an article can be concatenated and then compressed, achieving very highdatacompressionratios of up to 100x.
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The cost difference measures the strength of the present wow-effect due to sudden improvements indatacompressionor computational speed.
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For example, physicists are motivated to create experiments leading to observations obeying previously unpublished physical laws permitting betterdatacompression.
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This tool has found application to such diverse fields as image processing, signal processing,datacompression, oceanography, chemical engineering and fluid mechanics.
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