"codec" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-uk-codec.ogg Forms: codecs [plural]
Etymology: Blend of coder + decoder, probably in imitation of how modem was formed. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|coder|decoder}} Blend of coder + decoder Head templates: {{en-noun}} codec (plural codecs)
  1. (computing) A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal. Wikipedia link: codec Categories (topical): Computing, Video compression Translations (A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal): կոդեկ (kodek) (Armenian), кодек (kodek) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kodek [masculine] (Czech), koodekki (Finnish), codec [masculine] (French), Codec [masculine] (German), кодек (kodek) (Kazakh), 코덱 (kodek) (Korean), kotēkē (Maori), कोडेक (koḍek) [masculine] (Marathi), kodek [masculine] (Polish), codec [masculine] (Portuguese), кодек (kodek) [masculine] (Russian), кодек [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kodek [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), códec [masculine] (Spanish), кодек (kodek) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /koˈdɛ.ki/ [Brazil], /koˈdɛk/ [Brazil], /koˈdɛ.ki/ [Brazil], /koˈdɛk/ [Brazil], /koˈdɛk/ [Southern-Brazil], /koˈdɛ.ki/ [Southern-Brazil], /kuˈdɛk/ [Portugal], [kuˈðɛk] [Portugal] Forms: codecs [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English codec. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pt|en|codec}} Unadapted borrowing from English codec Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|#s}} codec m (plural codecs)
  1. (computing) codec (a device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Computing

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      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈdɛ.ki/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈdɛk/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈdɛk/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈdɛ.ki/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuˈdɛk/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kuˈðɛk]",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "codec"
}

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