uncompressed
adjective
un·com·pressed
ˌən-kəm-ˈprest 
: not compressed: such as
a
computers
: not reduced in size
uncompressed audio files
b
: not pressed or squeezed
the uncompressed veins/arteries
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The only down side is the file size; fully uncompressed RAW files from this sensor run around 125 megabytes per image, though there are compressed options that will get them down to about 80 MP per image.
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Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024
The only downside is the file size—fully uncompressed RAW files from this sensor run around 125 megabytes per image, though there are compressed options that will get them down to about 80 MP per image.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
On the vinyl side, their 1988 debut, Isn’t Anything, and 1991’s iconic loveless, were mastered fully from analog for new deluxe LPs and from new hi-res uncompressed digital sources for standard LPs.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 25 Nov. 2024
For example, one form of high-definition video has a resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels at a rate of 60 frames per second; uncompressed, that flows at about 660 megabits per second.
—Thomas Wiegand, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Aug. 2011
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Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024
The only downside is the file size—fully uncompressed RAW files from this sensor run around 125 megabytes per image, though there are compressed options that will get them down to about 80 MP per image.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
On the vinyl side, their 1988 debut, Isn’t Anything, and 1991’s iconic loveless, were mastered fully from analog for new deluxe LPs and from new hi-res uncompressed digital sources for standard LPs.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 25 Nov. 2024
For example, one form of high-definition video has a resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels at a rate of 60 frames per second; uncompressed, that flows at about 660 megabits per second.
—Thomas Wiegand, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Aug. 2011
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“Uncompressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncompressed. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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