![]() In practice, however, "codec" is sometimes used loosely to refer to formats." A codec (the program) should not be confused with a coding or compression format or standard – a format is a document (the standard), a way of storing data, while a codec is a program (an implementation) which can read or write such files. The word codec is a portmanteau of "compressor-decompressor" or, more commonly, "coder-decoder". ![]() ![]() As the page on codecs at Wikipedia says: "A codec is a device or computer program capable of encoding or decoding a digital data stream or signal. ![]()
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