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Codec

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

📖 Definitions of "Codec"

noun

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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."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Codec"

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Word	Definition
encodingnoun	A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for transmission to a recipient).
codingnoun	The process of writing computer software code.
encodernoun	A device or algorithm used to encode something.
encryptionnoun	(cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.
codificationnoun	The act or result of arranging something into a code; the act of setting down a body of knowledge in a systematic way.
scramblernoun	Someone or something that scrambles (in various senses).
compressornoun	A machine for compressing gases, especially an air compressor.
codenoun	(programming, uncountable) Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
compilernoun	(software) A computer program that transforms source code into object code.
codernoun	(computing) A programmer (computer programmer).
decompactornoun	(computing) A program or algorithm for decompressing data.
compandornoun	(electronics) Any device used in companding
decodenoun	(computing) Output from a program or device used to interpret communication protocols
converternoun	A person or thing that converts.
castingnoun	The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
compressionnoun	An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
transcribernoun	A person who transcribes; a transcriptionist.
codestreamnoun	(computing) A stream of code.
chain codenoun	(computing) A program that compresses a monochrome image
vocodernoun	Any of several electronic or digital devices or systems for the analysis and/or synthesis of speech.