Computer Science GCSE
Reduced bandwidth and cost
What Reduced bandwidth and cost means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Reduced bandwidth and cost
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Reference: OCR
Reduced bandwidth use lowers congestion and can reduce data-transfer costs, which matters when many users share a connection.
Topics that use Reduced bandwidth and cost
- Compression (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Efficient use of finite storage
- Lossless compression
- Lossy compression
- Practical handling of large media files
- Faster data transmission
- Lossless methods
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