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 To compile, formulate, generate or write the content of a document in an orderly, structured manner. [Archives] 
n.,
v.,
 The (re)coding of digital data to save storage space or transmission time. [Computer and Information Sciences] 
v., Removal from a file or data stream of information that may be redundant either in the sense of information theory, or in the sense that the retention of precision, definition, or some similar measure of quality is less important than the necessity to abbreviate the data