In Compressive Sensing terminology, finding y from x and A is called compression. While, on the other hand, finding original x from y and A is called reconstruction (problem). Yes, it is indeed a problem, since reconstruction is not an easy task. As for further terminology, x is called original signal or original vector, A is called the ompression matrix or sensing matrix, and y is called compressed signal or compressed vector.
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