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MPEG

[em-peg]

–noun

1.	a set of standards and file format for compression of digital video and audio data.

2.	a file compressed in this format.

Origin:
1990–95; M(oving) P(icture) E(xperts) G(roup), developer of the standards

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MPEG (ěm'pěg') Pronunciation Key
n.

Any of a set of standards established for the compression of digital video and audio data.
A file of digital video and audio data that has been so compressed: downloaded an MPEG of the new video from the Internet.

[m(oving) p(ictures) e(xperts) g(roup).]

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mpeg
noun
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

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MPEG (ěm'pěg') Pronunciation Key

Short for Moving Pictures Expert Group.
Any of a set of standards established for the compression of digital audio and video data.

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MPEG
Moving Picture Experts Group

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MPEG
Moving Picture Experts Group