codec

British

/ ˈkəʊˌdɛk /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of codec

C20: from _co ( _de ) + _dec ( _ode )

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Flashbacks were shot with Fuji film stock, which produced bright, vivid pastels, and the present was captured with cold, blue Kodak film, made grimmer by desaturating the codec.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2025

This version of Bluetooth uses the new LC3 audio codec for a more efficient way to transmit audio, resulting in better audio.

From The Verge ● Sep. 7, 2022

The new Bluetooth streaming codec that promises to stream CD-quality audio without any loss of audio detail, aptX Lossless, is coming to its first pair of earbuds.

From The Verge ● Jun. 29, 2022

You can get an idea of how the new codec might sound in practice with an embed we included in this post.

From The Verge ● Mar. 17, 2022

The digital file was streamed through an iFi nano iOne home DAC, which has a Bluetooth codec maxing out at 16bit_48kHz.

From Washington Post

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