compression

n 1: an increase in the density of something [syn: {compaction},

{concretion}, {densification}]

2: the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed

together: "the contraction of a gas on cooling" [syn: {condensation},

{contraction}]

3: encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits

required [ant: {decompression}]

4: applying pressure [syn: {compressing}] [ant: {decompression}]

LZH compression

(After Lempel-Ziv and Haruyasu, the inventors) A

{compression} {algorithm} derived from the {LZSS} scheme with

a sliding window and additional compression applied to the

output of the LZSS compressor by {dynamic Huffman coding}.

(1995-04-07)