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What (who) is compress - definition

UNIX SHELL COMPRESSION PROGRAM

Uncompress; Z (file format); .Z; COMPRESS

compress

I

n.

1) to apply a compress to

2) a cold; dry; hot; wet compress

II

v. (D; tr.) to compress into (to compress a whole paragraph into two sentences)

compress

1. To feed data through any compression algorithm. 2. <tool> The Unix program "compress", now largely supplanted by gzip. Unix compress was written in C by Joseph M. Orost, James A. Woods et al., and was widely circulated via Usenet. It uses the Lempel-Ziv Welch algorithm and normally produces files with the suffix ".Z". Compress uses variable length codes. Initially, nine-bit codes are output until they are all used. When this occurs, ten-bit codes are used and so on, until an implementation-dependent maximum is reached. After every 10 kilobytes of input the compression ratio is checked. If it is decreasing then the entire string table is discarded and information is collected from scratch.

compress

I. v. a.

1.

Press together, close tightly, shut firmly.

2.

Bind tightly, wrap closely.

3.

Squeeze or press together or into smaller compass, condense.

4.

Squeeze, force, crowd, press.

5.

Make brief, abbreviate, condense, make terse or pithy.

II. n.

(Surg.) Bandage, compressing pad.

Wikipedia

Compress

compress is a Unix shell compression program based on the LZW compression algorithm. Compared to gzip's fastest setting, compress is slightly slower at compression, slighty faster at decompression, and has a significantly lower compression ratio. 1.8 MiB of memory is used to compress the Hutter Prize data, slightly more than gzip's slowest setting.

The uncompress utility will restore files to their original state after they have been compressed using the compress utility. If no files are specified, the standard input will be uncompressed to the standard output.

In the upcoming POSIX and Single Unix Specification revision, it is planned that DEFLATE algorithm used in gzip format be supported in those utilities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compress

Examples of use of compress

1. US Democrats compress presidential calendar CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S.

2. "The ‘bricks‘ should pull apart and compress – this lubricates the discs and keeps the spine flexible.

3. With bee and wasp stings apply ice or a cold compress.

4. Tanks compress the soil so much that rainfall cannot seep in and nourish the roots.

5. Without the simultaneous detonation, the plutonium would fail to fully compress and implode.