Compressed Data

id: B2AI_SUBSTRATE:52

name: Compressed Data

description: Data in which information is represented with fewer bits than the original, uncompressed representation.

ncit id: ncit:C190416

file extensions: tar zip

limitations:

• Must be decompressed before reading.

• Compression may be lossy, i.e., it discards information in the process of encoding.

subclass of:

• B2AI_SUBSTRATE:7 (Data)