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Shrink dense files created by copying sparse files without the -S operator using cp --sparse=always or fallocate -d.

Create a single sparse disk image with multiple EXT4 partitions using truncate, fdisk, and losetup.

Reduce memory overhead in tech support apps by using Eigen::SparseMatrix.setFromTriplets to store only non-zero elements instead of dense arrays.