Compression is performed by a program that uses a formula or algorithm to determine how to shrink the size of the data. For instance, an algorithm may represent a string of bits-- or 0s and 1s -- with ...

Backup administrators rely on efficient processes and economical storage space use. Compression and deduplication are two similar -- but different -- techniques that can help. Backing up files is ...

Row level compression looks at each column in a row and attempts to compress based on the data not filling the space provided for the column. Page level compression includes the features of row level ...

Alireza Doostan is leading a major effort for real-time data compression for supercomputer research. A professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the ...