Chet found the Compressor in a small, efficient-looking office. The Compressor didn't look like a giant machine; it looked like a librarian with a very sharp pencil.
The Librarian opened a few tracks. "See this drum beat? It repeats a thousand times. Instead of writing the same beat over and over, I’ll just write it once and leave a note: 'Play this 1,000 times.' That's ."
"You're thinking about them as separate things," the Librarian replied. "A is like a magic suitcase. But to make it work, we have to find the patterns."
: Start with a problem (the files are too big), provide a process (the compression), and end with a resolution (the successful delivery). Adult Basic Education Content Standards
: Compare abstract concepts to physical objects, such as a "magic suitcase" for a zip file.
