Decompression

Decompression has several meanings, some of which are covered by several articles:

• Data decompression, the action of reversing data compression
• Decompression (physics), the release of pressure and the opposition of physical compression
  • Decompression (altitude). the reduction of pressure and the related physiological effects due to increase in altitude or other equivalent reduction of ambient pressure below normal atmospheric pressure
  • Uncontrolled decompression, catastrophic reduction of pressure in accidents involving pressure vessels such as aircraft
  • Decompression (diving), the reduction in pressure and the process of allowing dissolved inert gases to be eliminated from the tissues during ascent from a dive. Also relating to decompression (diving):
    • Decompression algorithm, or decompression model. One of several algorithms or theoretical models used to compute decompression tables, or the decompression status of a diver in real-time using a dive computer, and for dive planning. These include:
      • Buhlmann decompression algorithm
      • Reduced gradient bubble model
      • Thalmann algorithm
      • Thermodynamic model of decompression
      • Varying Permeability Model
    • Decompression buoy, a buoy that marks a diver's position when doing decompression stops
    • Decompression chamber, a pressurizable chamber used to prevent and/or treat decompression sickness
    • Decompression computer, also called a Dive computer or decompression meter, a device used by a scuba diver to measure the time and depth of a dive and compute a safe ascent profile.
    • Decompression practice, Techniques and procedures for decompression used by underwater divers
    • Decompression tables, Printed tabulated decompression schedules used to plan diving decompression
    • Decompression trapeze, a horizontal bar or bars suspended at the depth of intended decompression stops by buoys
  • Decompression sickness, a condition arising from the formation and growth of bubbles of gas within the tissues of the body during and after depressurization
    • Decompression sickness as a hazard in scuba diving
  • Decompression theory, The study and modelling of physiological effects of decompression, including the development and testing of decompression algorithms
    • History of decompression research and development, History of R&D related to diving and altitude decompression
  • Ratio decompression, A method for estimating a decompression schedule for a given set of breathing gases, based on time at depth.
• Decompression (comics), in comic book storytelling, is the stylistic choice to tell a story mainly by visuals, with few words.
• Decompression (surgery), a procedure used to reduce pressure on a compressed structure, such as spinal decompression
  • Herniated disc decompression, a form of treatment for Spinal disc herniation, employed by chiropractors
• "Decompression" (The Outer Limits), an episode of the American television fiction series The Outer Limits