compression
Compression or compression stands for:
- Compression (psychology) , the merging or condensing of thoughts
- In physics, the compression of bodies, liquids or gases, see compression module #General
- in electronics a state of semiconductor elements, see saturation (electronics)
- Data compression , in IT the reduction of the space required by data
Compressor stands for:
- Machine that adds mechanical work to a gas, see Compressor
- Compressor (signal processing) , sound-technical restriction of the dynamics of a signal
- mechanical supercharger for engines, see engine supercharging #Mechanically driven compressors
See also:
- List of all Wikipedia articles whose title contains compression
- Compress (wound pad)
Wiktionary: compress - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations