audio codec An audio codec is a device or computer program capable of encoding or decoding a digital data stream (a codec
A codec is a device or computer program
In imperative programming, a computer program is a sequence of instructions in a programming l ...
s and their corresponding audio coding format
An audio coding format (or sometimes audio compression format) is a content representation format for storage or transmission of digital audio
Digital audio is a representation of sound recorded in, or converted into, Digital signal (signal ...
s developed by Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation, multinational technology company, technology corporation which produces Software, computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Its best-know ...
. It is a proprietary
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