Posted by Eeyore on 11/30/07 02:51

Richard Crowley wrote:

> "Eeyore" wrote ...
> > There is a BIG difference however. A true CODEC operates
> > in real time. Zipping and unzipping files is however not a real
> > time process.
> >
> > Wikipedia also takes the view that codecs must be real time.
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codec
> > "A codec is a device or program capable of performing encoding
> > and decoding on a digital data stream or signal. "
>
> Sorry, I can't see the words "real time" anywhere in your quote
> (or on the whole page, for that matter). Can you help us find them?

A *signal* or *data stream* are real-time concepts.

In comparison zipping and unzipping files is very much NOT real-time.

Graham

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