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device orprogram capable of performingtransformations on adata stream orsignal .
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To review, the term codec refers to silicon technology that can compress and decompress large signals into smaller, more manageable ones.
The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004
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To review, the term codec refers to silicon technology that can compress and decompress large signals into smaller, more manageable ones.
The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004
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To review, the term codec refers to silicon technology that can compress and decompress large signals into smaller, more manageable ones.
The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004
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To review, the term codec refers to silicon technology that can compress and decompress large signals into smaller, more manageable ones.
The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004
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The term codec—which refers to a compression/decompression algorithm—covers both parts of the operation.
The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004
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The term codec—which refers to a compression/decompression algorithm—covers both parts of the operation.
The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004
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The term codec—which refers to a compression/decompression algorithm—covers both parts of the operation.
The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004
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The term codec—which refers to a compression/decompression algorithm—covers both parts of the operation.
The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004
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It has already achieved big success since HTML 5 stopped specifying Ogg Theora in June, meaning no codec is currently specified.
Parsing the “open” in Adobe’s Open Source Media Framework announcement | FactoryCity 2009
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A new AAC-LC codec is available in the new Mac OS X 10.5 (code named as Leopard) which will be released in Oct. 26.
digital music 2010
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These compression and decompression techniques fit into a system called a “codec.”
Why did last night’s ‘Game of Thrones’ look so bad? Here comes the science! – TechCrunch Devin Coldewey 2019
ecbrenner commented on the word codec
"A codec is a device or computer program capable of encoding and/or decoding a digital data stream or signal. The word codec is a portmanteau of 'compressor-decompressor' or, most commonly, 'coder-decoder'." --Wikipedia
May 14, 2009
seanahan commented on the word codec
I wonder if this was originally a play after codex.
May 15, 2009