Meaning & use
MPEG
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A digital file format or compression standard for video and audio, developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group.
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She converted the raw footage into an MPEG file so it would take up less storage space.
Early digital cameras often saved short video clips in MPEG format.
A note on using this word
MPEG is technically the name of the committee, the Moving Picture Experts Group, that created the standard, but the acronym is now used informally as a common noun for the file format itself.
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