predictive coder

predictive coder

[prə‚dik·tiv ′kō·dər]

(communications)

Any technique for compressing audio or video signals in which a synthesizer at the receiver is controlled by signal parameters extracted at the transmitter to remake the signal. Also known as predictive encoder.

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