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Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms
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Codec

Codec or Coder Decoder is the term used to describe the method in which audio and video files are compressed to save space and then decompressed in order to be played. MPEG and AVI are two of the most popular forms of video files with WAV and AIFF being the most popular for audio files.