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compression

[kuhm-presh-uhn] / kəmˈprɛʃ ən /
NOUN
condensation
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He was wearing a compression sleeve over his right knee.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Google last week announced a new compression algorithm called TurboQuant, which they say can shrink the amount of short-term memory that an AI model uses by at least six times.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

This is what the compression looks like at ground level.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

The company said this week that its TurboQuant compression algorithm allows it to significantly cut back on AI memory usage while also recognizing performance benefits.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Yet the compression brings a compensating benefit: long-term comparisons of regions yield insights that cannot be won from short-term studies of single societies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond