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Codec vs Encoder - What's the difference?

codec | encoder |

As nouns the difference between codec and encoder

is that codec is (computing) a device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal while encoder is a device used to encode a signal either for cryptography or compression.

codec

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia codec)
  • (computing) A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal.
    • Audio and video codecs are important in making multimedia files small enough to distribute and simple to play back.

    encoder

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia encoder) (en noun)
  • A device used to encode a signal either for cryptography or compression.

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