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MPEG

[em-peg]
noun
  1. a set of standards and file format for compression of digital video and audio data.
  2. a file compressed in this format.

Origin of MPEG

1990–95; M(oving) P(icture) E(xperts) G(roup), developer of the standards
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British Dictionary definitions for mpeg

MPEG

noun
  1. computing a standard file format for compressing video images and audio sounds

Word Origin for MPEG

C20: technique devised by the M (otion) P (icture) E (xperts) G (roup)
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mpeg in Science

MPEG

[ĕm′pĕg′]
  1. Short for Moving Pictures Expert Group.
  2. Any of a set of standards established for the compression of digital audio and video data.
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