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1999\08\29@093844
by
Duilio Foschi
what does "codec" means ?
Thank you
Duilio Foschi
1999\08\29@102525
by
Steve Thackery
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Coder - decoder. In the old days a codec was a piece of hardware - a chip.
A codec is typically an A/D (analogue to digital) converter plus a D/A
converter in the same package. But they usually add extra functionality
such as implementing a non-linear coding regime (such as A-Law or mu-Law),
or other more sophisticated compression techniques. Originally they were
for use in the telecommunications industry. For example, the analogue
speech on your phone line is converted to/from a 64kbits/second data stream
by a codec on the line card in the exchange. All such codecs implement a
non-linear coding regime, typically squeezing a 12-bit signal to noise ratio
out of an 8-bit-per-sample data format.
In more recent years the software codec has appeared. You can best think of
these as an "engine" which converts a data stream from one format into
another. Typical uses are for decoding video or sound data streams in
various formats.
Steve Thackery
Suffolk, England.
Web Site: http://www.btinternet.com/~stevethack/
1999\08\29@103404
by
Bob Drzyzgula
"Coder/decoder" or "compression/decompression algorithm",
in the same spirit as a modem is a "modulator/demodulator".
BTW, many tech sites have good glossaries; Cnet's
is at http://www.cnet.com/Resources/Info/Glossary/ ,
CMP's is at http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/ .
Most of them can answer many questions like this.
--Bob
On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 03:37:23PM +0200, Duilio Foschi wrote:
> what does "codec" means ?
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> Thank you
>
> Duilio Foschi
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1999\08\30@080119
by
Wilson Tam
Hi there, in communications, a CODEC is a section which converts analog
audio signals from microphone into digital signals for a vocoder. You
would fine CODECs in cell-phones which uses the CDMA modulation scheme.
It's the interface between the human side (microphone and earpiece) and
the CDMA side.
Wilson
On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Duilio Foschi wrote:
> what does "codec" means ?
>
> Thank you
>
> Duilio Foschi
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