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The JPEG format for encoding still images was standardized during the 1980s and 1990s. It uses the Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT), which was developed at the end of the 1970s, and Huffman encoding.

Licensing for MP3, the digital audio coding format that Apple used for music downloads on the original iPod, has officially ended. The announcement comes from The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated ...

Digital video and audio coding technology has a long research history and international standards have also been established. It can be said that all of the effort involved with this finally ...