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Data compression

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In information theory, data compression, source coding, or bit-rate reduction is the process of encoding information using fewer bits than the original representation.

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Computer Science · Information Theory
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Cross-disciplinary bridge — reaches Algorithms, Audio Engineering, Discrete Mathematics, Logic, Mathematics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Theory of Computation
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  • This view connects 26 disciplines: Acoustics, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Audio Engineering, Audiology, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Computational Complexity, Computer Science, Data Structures, Discrete Mathematics, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, History, Information Theory, Logic, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Molecular Biology, Optimization, Psychoacoustics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Theory of Computation.
  • Data compression is a bridge concept — viewed here through Computer Science, Information Theory.
  • The connections here span 5 relation families.
  • Information explains 6 concepts in this view (Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Computational Complexity, Computer Science, Data Structures, Discrete Mathematics, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, History, Information Theory, Logic, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Molecular Biology, Software Engineering, Statistics, Theory of Computation).

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