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Codex vs Codec - What's the difference?

codex | codec |

As nouns the difference between codex and codec

is that codex is an early manuscript book while codec is a device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal.

codex

English

(wikipedia codex)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • an early manuscript book
  • a book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll
  • an official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients

    • Quotations

    * See codexes

    Related terms

    * caudex (botany) * code * codifier * codify * codification * (l)

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    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.