What is Compression?
{{enWiktionary|compressor|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 *[[Sound#Compression_and_rarefaction|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 **[[Bandage#Compression bandage|Compression bandage]], designed to reduce the flow of blood ==Related pages== *[[Compressor]] (a disambiguation page) {{disambig}}