What does "mpeg" mean?

Any of a group of computer file formats for the compression and storage of digital video and audio data.

Mpeg

Common synonyms include: digital video standard, encoding standard, mpeg standards, mpeg-based, mpeg-compatible, mpeg-compliant.

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Noun

1
Any of a group of computer file formats for the compression and storage of digital video and audio data.
2
a set of standards adopted by the moving pictures experts group for the compression of digital video and audio data or a file of data compressed according to those standards wordnet
3
A computer file (as of a movie) in an MPEG format.

Proper Noun

"MPEG-4 AVC recording practical test: It was always easy to use, now the picture and sound quality is high too."