digital compression

collocation in English

meaningsofdigitalandcompression

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digital
adjective
uk
/ˈdɪdʒ.ɪ.təl/us
/ˈdɪdʒ.ə.t̬əl/
recording or storing information as a series of the numbers 1 and 0, to show that a signal is present ...
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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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(Definition ofdigitalandcompressionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdigital compression

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Variations in speaking rate were introduced bydigitalcompressionand expansion of the neutral-voice utterances.
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The future expansion of terrestrial services will almost inevitably occur through the commercialisation ofdigitalcompressiontechnology.
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This is all done bydigitalcompressionand the subsequent mixing of several services into one radio signal for transmission.
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Using a process calleddigitalcompression, the transmitter sends not the whole image, but only the information needed to effect changes between frames.
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We are on the verge of implementingdigitalcompression.
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One patent is for computer speech recognition programs that work in loud environments, and one patent concernsdigitalcompressionof speech.
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Compared to otherdigitalcompressionartifacts, this issue seems to be very rarely a source of annoyance.
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Digitalcompressionof images may take place in the camera, or can be done in the computer with the image editor.
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Digitalcompressionof this artery sometimes resulted in the pain being reduced or eliminated while the pressure was maintained.
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He conducted seminal research indigitalcompression, signal processing and other fields.
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Digitalcompressioncreates another list of numbers, which is a much shorter list.
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However,digitalcompressionhas a tendency to soften the quality of the television picture, particularly of channels that are more heavily compressed.
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One ubiquitous example isdigitalcompressionwhereby images, audio and video data are compressed into a much smaller size which makes their transmission feasible over telephone, internet and broadcast networks.
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