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Meaning of Codec | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal.
  2. A media coding format.

Equivalents

العربية جهاز او برنامج مشفّر وفاك للشفرة
Čeština kodek
Deutsch Codec
Español códec
Suomi koodekki
Français codec
Italiano codec
한국어 코덱
Polski kodek
Português codec
Русский кодек

Examples

“Audio and video codecs are important in making multimedia files small enough to distribute and simple to play⟳ back.”
“H.264 and AV1 are examples of video codecs.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

codecarboxylase codeclination Coded codedness codeface Codefendant

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