>>>   And a codec is a piece of software, so it's nothing of those.
> 
>> Really? I thought the term "codec" refers to the data format, and the 
>> algorithm for producing/consuming it? (I.e., the specification document 
>> is the codec, the software is an "implementation of" the codec, and any 
>> files using it are "uses of" the codec.)
> 
>     "A codec is a device or computer program capable of encoding and/or
>     decoding a digital data stream or signal. The word codec is a
>     portmanteau (a blending of two or more words) of
>     'compressor-decompressor' or, more accurately, 'coder-decoder'."
> 
>   It's a piece of software (or hardware, if we are technical).

Mmm, interesting...

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