Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

codec

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables: codec
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

A media coding format.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Syllabic abbreviation of coder decoder, probably in imitation of how modem was formed.

Inflected Forms

codecs (plural)

Questions

What does codec mean?: A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal.
Where does codec come from?: Syllabic abbreviation of coder decoder, probably in imitation of how modem was formed.

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