Ogg
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- noun
- /ɔɡ/
- Specialized
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Ogg
- And how lucky I am, my mother's home theater, my parents' television, our cellphones, and my MP4 player cannot manage to play a single OGG file!
Examples
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Personally, I'm considering offering both audio-only webm ("weba"?) and ogg-vorbis.
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H.264 (MPEG Group) / Ogg video delivery.
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Much as I like open source, there is nothing wrong with mp3, and only supporting ogg is head-in-the-sand stuff.
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In contrast, Ogvorbis is an open, non proprietary format that uses the Ogg file extension.
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You can listen to high-quality music in the ogg format without any loss in sound fidelity.
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Many online platforms support ogg files, allowing users to stream audio easily.
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The ogg format is popular among developers for its efficient compression of audio data.
Synonyms
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A digital item that stores recorded sound like a song or podcast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ogg is the name chosen by the format's creators from a game word 'ogg' that meant a bold, all-out action, so a helpful way to remember it is to think of an Ogg file as a small, strong package for music or video that you can send or stream.