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An endec is a device which both encodes and decodes video or audio, or other signals, either with the same or separate circuitry or algorithm. The combining of these names is a portmanteau.

The general difference between an endec (encoder/decoder) and a codec (compressor/decompressor or coder/decoder) is that hardware is usually considered to be an endec, while software is considered to be the codec.[dubious ] Similarly, the word "encoding" is usually used for hardware, while "coding" is usually used in regard to software.

A program (or hardware) which uses a compression algorithm to create MPEG audio and/or video is often called an encoder, and one which plays back such files is a decoder. However, this is technically a codec, especially if performed in software.

Examples of encoders, decoders, and endecs:

Other things which are encoded or decoded:

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