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codec

device or software for encoding or decoding a digital data stream
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codec

Summary

codec is a software category[1]. codec draws 766 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #42 of 263).[2]

Key Facts

  • codec's instance of is recorded as software category[3].
  • codec's instance of is recorded as software feature[4].
  • codec is a type of computer program[5].
  • codec is a type of encoder[6].
  • codec is a type of decoder[7].
  • codec is used for transcoding[8].
  • codec's Commons category is recorded as Codecs[9].
  • codec's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Codecs[10].
  • codec's properties for this type is recorded as P1072[11].
  • codec's properties for this type is recorded as P1073[12].
  • codec's properties for this type is recorded as P4428[13].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include software category[3] and software feature[4]. Recorded subclass of include computer program[5], encoder[6], and decoder[7].

Use and Application

codec is used for transcoding[8].

Why It Matters

codec draws 766 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #42 of 263).[2] codec has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] codec is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

InterPlanetary Linked Data jpegli OpenJPH

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.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140249898
    Has use → transcoding
    Properties for this type → P1072, P1073, P4428
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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