Compressor
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Compressor may refer to:
  • Gas compressor
    Gas compressor
    A gas compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume.Compressors are similar to pumps: both increase the pressure on a fluid and both can transport the fluid through a pipe. As gases are compressible, the compressor also reduces the volume of a gas...

    , a mechanical device that compresses a gas (e.g., air or natural gas)
  • A device used to apply video compression to a video signal
  • A device used to apply audio data compression to an audio signal
  • A device used to apply dynamic range compression to an audio signal
  • Compressor (software)
    Compressor (software)
    Compressor is a video and audio media compression and encoding application for use with Final Cut Studio and Logic Studio on Mac OS X. It can be used with Qmaster for clustering.-History:...

    , a video and audio compression and encoding application used with Final Cut Studio


Kompressor (German spelling/translation of compressor) may refer to:
  • Kompressor, a badge used by Mercedes-Benz
    Mercedes-Benz
    Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...

     for their supercharged
    Supercharger
    A supercharger is an air compressor used for forced induction of an internal combustion engine.The greater mass flow-rate provides more oxygen to support combustion than would be available in a naturally aspirated engine, which allows more fuel to be burned and more work to be done per cycle,...

     engines
  • Kompressor (musician), an electronic musician and the alter-ego of Andreas K. of Washington Court House, Ohio

See also

  • Compression (disambiguation)
  • Compaction (disambiguation)
  • Decompression (disambiguation)
  • Expansion (disambiguation)
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