codec

About 0.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal.

   Audio and video codecs are important in making multimedia files small enough to distribute and simple to play back.

2. noun A media coding format.

   H.264 and AV1 are examples of video codecs.

Similar words

encoding coding encoder encryption codification scrambler compressor code compiler coder

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Word family

codecs