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Coded vs Codec - What's the difference?

coded | codec |

As an adjective coded

is encoded, written in code or cipher.

As a verb coded

is (code).

As a noun codec is

(computing) a device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal.

coded

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Encoded, written in code or cipher.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (code)

    • 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.