codec

noun

co·​dec ˈkō-ˌdek 

: a device or software system that can digitize and often compress an audio or video signal for transmission (as over a telephone line) and convert an incoming signal to audio or video for reception

To permit satellite communication through such a compact antenna, an electronic device called a voice coder-decoder—or codec—translates speech into a digital signal.

—Discover

Examples of codec in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Each earbud is driven by two balanced armature drivers alongside a 12mm composite dynamic driver and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Sound with support for LDAC and aptX Lossless audio codecs. —Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025

The phone supports the AAC, APAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, and FLAC codecs, which is unchanged from older iPhones. —Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025

Apple is also adding support for ProRes RAW capture, the industry-leading Apple video codec that captures all the information from the camera sensor for post-production, ensuring control and quality. —Dave Smith, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025

Technics hasn't said what Bluetooth codec is supported in the turntable, but did acknowledge the compression that would take place by listening in this way. —Adrienne So, Wired News, 5 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

coder + decoder

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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