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Codec

A codec is a computer hardware or software component that encodes or decodes a data stream or signal. Codec is a portmanteau of coder/decoder.

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Compression

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Codec

Nodes69
Edges68
Triples41
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028986
Components1

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Codec

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related to Compression · 7
Codec → Compression, If, In, Lossless, The, This, Using
related to Malware · 6
Codec → AV, Fake, Once, One, This, When
related to Media codecs · 6
Codec → Audio, Codecs, DV, For, In, Two
related to Examples · 5
Codec → An, Infrared Data Association, IrDA, UART, When
is a · 3
Codec → computer hardware or software component that encodes or decodes a data stream or signal, portmanteau of coder/decoder.In electronic communications, software or hardware tool that encodes or decodes audio or video into or from some audio or video format
related to history · 3
Codec → Later, Originally, PCM
see also · 1
Codec → Audio

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codecs data audio video used media signal stream decoder also formats digital malware compression lossy hardware often container storage form

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Codecis acomputer hardware or software component that encodes or decodes a data stream or signal0.90text
Codecis aportmanteau of coder/decoder.In electronic communications0.90text
Codecis asoftware or hardware tool that encodes or decodes audio or video into or from some audio or video format0.90text
JPEG imagesinstance ofused in compression standards0.80text
H.26xinstance ofused in compression standards0.80text
MPEG videoinstance ofused in compression standards0.80text
and MP3instance ofused in compression standards0.80text
AAC audioinstance ofused in compression standards0.80text
non-volatile memoryinstance ofSmaller data sets ease the strain on relatively expensive storage sub-systems0.80text
hard diskinstance ofSmaller data sets ease the strain on relatively expensive storage sub-systems0.80text
as well as write-once-read-many formats such as CD-ROMinstance ofSmaller data sets ease the strain on relatively expensive storage sub-systems0.80text
DVDinstance ofSmaller data sets ease the strain on relatively expensive storage sub-systems0.80text

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