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Compression

By: Art Ramirez
In: Encyclopedia of New Media
Edited by: Steve Jones
Subject:General Media, Communication & Cultural Studies
Keywords:codecs; compression; decompression; encoding; MP3; MPEG; videos

Compression refers to the process of storing information in a manner that uses less space than usual; compressed files provide the same basic amount of data, audio, and/or video information as the original files, but use fewer bits of storage. Current ...

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  Ramirez, A. (2003). Compression. In S. Jones (Ed.), Encyclopedia of new media (pp. 82-83). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412950657.n44
  
  Ramirez, Art. "Compression." In Encyclopedia of New Media, edited by Jones, Steve, 82-83. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412950657.n44.
  
  Ramirez, A. 2003. Compression. In: Steve Jones Editor, 2003. Encyclopedia of New Media, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 82-83 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412950657.n44> [Accessed 27 Jul 2021].
  
  Ramirez, Art. "Compression." Encyclopedia of New Media. Edited by Steve Jones. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2003, pp. 82-83. SAGE Knowledge. 27 Jul 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412950657.n44.
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