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Definition compression in British English

compression noun

[uncountable] noun
/kəmˈpreʃ(ə)n/
1

the process of pressing or squeezing something so that it becomes smaller

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2

a method for reducing the size of a computer file, for example so that it takes less space to store on a computer, or less time to send over the Internet

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Definition compression in British English