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audio codec

device or program that encodes/decodes audio data in some bitstream format
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audio codec

Summary

audio codec is a software category[1]. It draws 35 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #122 of 263).[2]

Key Facts

  • audio codec's instance of is recorded as software category[3].
  • audio codec is a type of codec[4].
  • audio codec's Commons category is recorded as Audio coding formats[5].
  • audio codec's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Audio codecs[6].
  • audio codec's different from is recorded as audio coding format[7].
  • audio codec's exact match is recorded as http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/audiocodec/[8].
  • audio codec's implementation of is recorded as audio coding format[9].

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Definition and Type

audio codec's instance of is recorded as software category[3]. It is a type of codec[4].

Why It Matters

audio codec draws 35 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #122 of 263).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

TAK (audio codec)

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Piotr Osada · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → audio coding format
    Topic's main category → Category:Audio codecs
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → software category
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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