Definition: Data compression


The storing of data in a manner that requires less space on the storage medium.




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Address

In the hard drive industry, there are several types of addresses; an address may refer to that of a drive, called a unit address; radial position, called a cylinder address; or circumferential position, referred to as a sector address.

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