codec

/ (ˈkəʊˌdɛk) /


noun
  1. electronics a set of equipment that encodes an analogue speech or video signal into digital form for transmission purposes and at the receiving end decodes the digital signal into a form close to its original

Origin of codec

1
C20: from co (de) + dec (ode)

Words Nearby codec

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