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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
codec /ˈkəʊdɛk/

▶noun Electronics a microchip that compresses data to enable faster transmission or decompresses received data.

– origin 1960s: blend of coder (see code) and decoder (see decode).

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