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Record 1 2012-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

Compression followed by expansion. When used for noise reduction in equipment, compression is applied before noise exposure and expansion after exposure.

Key term(s)
  • compression-expansion
  • compansion

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
CONT

Les prétraitements tels que compression-expansion sont programmés en mémoire PROM.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
DEF

Proceso de registrar los bits en una forma más compacta para su transmisión y recuperarlos en su forma original en el punto de recepción.

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