Compression

Compression could mean:

Gas compression, raising the pressure and reducing the volume of gases
Physical compression, the result of the subjection of a material to compressive stress
Compression arch suspended-deck bridge, a compression arch rises above the deck
Compression, the part of a longitudinal wave where particles are the closest together
 Compressibility, a measure of volume change resulting from pressure
Compression (geology), a system of forces that tend to decrease the volume of or shorten rocks.
Compression ratio, a number that predicts the performance of any internal-combustion engine
Data compression, encoding information using fewer bits
Image compression
Audio data compression
Video compression
Compression artifact, noticeable defects in audio or video that has been compressed
Bandwidth compression, in telecommunications
Gain compression in electronic amplifiers, which is a result of device non-linearity
Audio level compression, usually artificially introduced Gain compression to improve the perceived quality of audio
Compression (functional analysis), in mathematics
Compression bandage, designed to reduce the flow of blood

Related pages
Compressor (a disambiguation page)