compression index (compression exponent)

  • 1Gamma correction — Gamma correction, gamma nonlinearity, gamma encoding, or often simply gamma, is the name of a nonlinear operation used to code and decode luminance or tristimulus values in video or still image systems. [cite book | title = Digital Video and HDTV …

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  • 2Floating point — In computing, floating point describes a method of representing real numbers in a way that can support a wide range of values. Numbers are, in general, represented approximately to a fixed number of significant digits and scaled using an exponent …

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  • 3Windows Media Audio — Filename extension .wma Internet media type audio/x ms wma Uniform Type Identifier com.microsoft.windows ?media wma …

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  • 4Shannon's source coding theorem — In information theory, Shannon s source coding theorem (or noiseless coding theorem) establishes the limits to possible data compression, and the operational meaning of the Shannon entropy.The source coding theorem shows that (in the limit, as… …

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  • 5Work hardening — Work hardening, also known as strain hardening or cold working, is the strengthening of a metal by plastic deformation. This strengthening occurs because of dislocation movements within the crystal structure of the material.[1] Any material with… …

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  • 6Matrix multiplication — In mathematics, matrix multiplication is a binary operation that takes a pair of matrices, and produces another matrix. If A is an n by m matrix and B is an m by p matrix, the result AB of their multiplication is an n by p matrix defined only if… …

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  • 7Atmospheric reentry — refers to the movement of human made or natural objects as they enter the atmosphere of a planet from outer space, in the case of Earth from an altitude above the edge of space. This article primarily addresses the process of controlled reentry… …

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  • 8Star — For other uses, see Star (disambiguation) …

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  • 9Microwave burn — This article is about injury from direct microwave exposure. For other microwave oven related injuries, see Hazard section of Microwave oven. Microwave burns are burn injuries caused by thermal effects of microwave radiation absorbed in a living… …

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  • 10Markov chain — A simple two state Markov chain. A Markov chain, named for Andrey Markov, is a mathematical system that undergoes transitions from one state to another, between a finite or countable number of possible states. It is a random process characterized …

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