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Mpeg has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

"The movie downloaded from the streaming site was saved as an MPEG file, making it easy to store on my small hard drive."

2

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

"The old movie clip was saved in an mpeg format to make it take up less space on my hard drive."

In plain English: MPEG is a set of rules that lets computers and phones compress video files so they take up less space without losing too much quality.

"The movie downloaded in mpeg format played smoothly on his old TV."

Proper Noun
1

Moving Pictures Experts Group

"The video file was compressed using standards developed by the Moving Pictures Experts Group to reduce its size without significant loss of quality."

Example Sentences
"The movie downloaded in mpeg format played smoothly on his old TV." noun
"The old video file was too large to play without converting it to mpeg format first." noun
"She downloaded the movie directly in mpeg quality to save bandwidth on her phone." noun
"The camera recorded the event and saved the footage as a standard mpeg clip for easy sharing." noun
See Also
jpeg format mpegs
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
compression
Rhyming Words
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