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compressor

compressor

1 4.0
A program that makes digital files smaller so they use less space
  • noun
  • /kəmˈprɛsər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : compresor
  • After running the video through the compressor, the file was much smaller and easier to share online.

And if you and we, we have data compressors likely compress big files into SIP files with certain compressors.

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Examples

  • A new line of rotary screw compressors utilizes the injection of water to make cool, dry, oil-free compressed air.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Hartwick's entire professional career, from 1948 through 1995, was devoted to the technology of reciprocating compressors.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Figure 1 shows the basic architecture of a JBIG compressor.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Figure 1 shows some of the internal data flow of the CAM-based ALDC compressor.

    Academic text (1998)
  • I pasted the code in the JavaScript Compressor, clicked on the PACK button, and it generated a new code.

    Blog text (3)
  • Conventional LZ1 algorithms do not perform especially well on data of this type, but by adding a small hardware preprocessor to recode the bitmap data stream before feeding it to an ALDC compressor, a much better overall result is achieved.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Using the image compressor software, I reduced the file size of my photos without losing quality.

  • The audio engineer adjusted the compressor settings to ensure the vocals were clear in the mix.

Synonyms

deflater
vscompressor
  • Specialized
7.0

A program that makes files smaller using the DEFLATE method

is a general program that reduces digital data size using various encoding methods

Compounds

A machine that pushes air to a higher pressure to power tools or inflate things

How Compressed

gzip
  • Specialized
1 6.3
deflater
  • Specialized
7.0
compressor
  • Specialized
1 4.0
archiver
  • Specialized
5.6

Surface Forms

compressor singular
compressors plural

Morphology

compressor = compress (semi-transparent) = compress + or

Morphologically straightforward ('compress' + '-or'), but the computational/data-compression meaning is a technical, domain-specific extension that learners may not infer from the verb alone.

Etymology

Compressor comes from the Latin parts com- 'together' and premere 'to press'. A data compressor 'presses' information into a smaller space by packing similar parts together, so files take up less room.