Word: decompression
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...baud, which, despite of a price tag of more than $100, are winning over many a computer user. Most of these modems are actually able to work faster than the rated spped of 9600 baud; equipped with the so- called V.42bis data- compression standard, they can compress and decompress data at a ratio of 4:1, which means up to 38,400 bits of data, or orughly three double- spaced pages of text, can be sent or received per second...
Staten is trying to rectify that. In the process of helping the bush vets, he has learned that theirs is a well-traveled path. When Roman Legionnaires returned from war, they were encouraged to settle in rural areas where they could decompress quietly. Japanese literature tells of samurai retiring to tend the "perfect garden." For many of these men, the island of Hawaii is that perfect garden, or as Staten calls it, the "gentle jungle." Says Cowan: "It is like a sanctuary. I trust my emotions and feelings here...
...paused, then added: "The war is going to go on and on-five or ten more years -no matter what anybody writes. I've been like a diver crawling around the floor of the ocean too long. I've got to come to the surface and decompress...
...East Coast snowstorm. At New York, customs officials, alerted by Washington, passed the suitcase without opening it. A private plane flew it to the capital; there it was taken to the National Gallery, unwrapped, found to be at precisely 68°, and placed in a vault to "decompress" to the gallery's normal 70° temperature and 45% humidity...
Anxious to decompress Paris with four new suburban universities, the government has bogged down with local officials, who fear an influx of students in areas that lack housing. Meanwhile, builders keep upping their prices...