compressible
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Can be made much smaller by a computer program because it has repeated parts
- adjective
- /kəmˈprɛsəbl/
- Specialized
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compresible
- The algorithm analyzes the dataset to determine which parts are compressible for more efficient storage.
We don't have a proof that it is compressible to a short program.
- We don't have a proof that it is compressible to a short program.
- But the way our brain, the the way our brain evolved, we're only able to perceive the compressible parts.
- By using techniques like this text is very compressible stuff because it's actually very, very predictable, as indeed Claude Shannon found out.
- It's a bold and quite audacious claim because if it was true this it means that the information about what goes on inside the universe is highly compressible.
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Examples
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Data formats such as JPEG and PNG are considered compressible because they reduce file sizes without losing visible quality.
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When optimizing software, developers focus on making their code compressible to enhance performance during data transfer.
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If the raw data is highly compressible, the first unit of compressed data may be delayed a considerable amount of time.
Academic text (1998)
How Compressible
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Surface Forms
compressible positive
Morphology
Etymology
The word compressible comes from the parts com- meaning 'together' and press meaning 'to push'. In computing, compressible files are like things that can be 'pressed together' by a special program so they take less space because they have many repeated parts.