The most common method for shrinking clothes is to machine-wash them with hot water and dry them with a high-heat dryer setting. But the process may vary depending on the garment’s fabric type.

When you compress your PowerPoint, you'll have to reduce the quality of any music, videos, or pictures you have in your slideshow.

When you "zip" a file, you'll compress its data and reduce how much space it takes up on your computer or phone.