codec

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

Noun

  1. A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal.
    • Audio and video codecs are important in making multimedia files small enough to distribute and simple to play back.
  2. A media coding format.
    • H.264 and AV1 are examples of video codecs.

Origin

Blend of coder + decoder, probably in imitation of how modem was formed.

Forms

codecs