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File Compression.

involves encoding information using fewer bits than the original file. It helps reduce resources usage such as data storage space or transmission capacity. In order to use the data again though you must uncompress the file.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_compression

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Definition (in your own words) of the chosen keyword.

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Demonstration of the indicated keyword.

Alternatively (or additionally), if you want to demonstrate something on the command-line, you can do so as follows:

brett@ubuntu: cd closet
brett@ubuntu:~/closet$ ls
robes spells skeleton
brett@ubuntu:~/closet$ ln -s skeleton torch
brett@ubuntu:~/closet$ ls
robes skeleton spells torch
brett@ubuntu:~/closet$ ls -l
total 8
drwxrwxr-x 2 brett brett 4096 Aug 31 22:27 robes
-rw-rw-r-- 1 brett brett    0 Sep 30 19:22 skeleton
drwxrwxr-x 2 brett brett 4096 Aug 31 22:49 spells
lrwxrwxrwx 1 brett brett    8 Sep 30 19:23 torch -> skeleton
brett@ubuntu:~/closet$