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CNET GLOSSARY: Terms for the techie
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Ascend compression 
Lucent Technology's proprietary data compression implementation, which is used in routers (Lucent acquired Ascend, the company that created this standard). Based on STAC Incorporated's standard, it allows products that support Ascend's STAC compression to achieve greater throughput over Internet connections.


   
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