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Descriptor English: Compression Algorithms
Descriptor Spanish: Algoritmos de Compresión
Descriptor Portuguese: Algoritmos de Compressão
Descriptor French: Without translation
Entry term(s): Algorithm, Compression
Compression Algorithm
Tree number(s): G17.035.521
L01.224.050.600
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000098431
Scope note: A class of algorithms which both reduces and restores the size of files to increase their portability. Compression algorithms can be lossy or lossless.
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Previous Indexing: Algorithms (1988-2024)
Public MeSH Note: 2025
History Note: 2025
DeCS ID: 60828
Unique ID: D000098431
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Date Established: 2025/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2023/11/03
Compression Algorithms - Preferred
Concept UI M000766666
Scope note A class of algorithms which both reduces and restores the size of files to increase their portability. Compression algorithms can be lossy or lossless.
Preferred term Compression Algorithms
Entry term(s) Algorithm, Compression
Compression Algorithm



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