a:  logarithmic scale ~
b:  file compression
What:  
"For the computer literate among us, a logarithmic scale is like file compression. The scale allows a large range of data to be displayed in a small space."
Useful?
Writer:  David Earl Johnson, Kathryne E. Pile
LCC: 
Where:
Date:   Jan 25 2017  10:25 AM
# 10823 Critique Analogy
