Motion Picture Experts Group

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Motion Picture Experts Group

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Incorrect expansion of MPEG, which stands for Moving Picture Experts Group.

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This complicated abbreviation is short for MPEG-l, audio layer 3, with MPEG being an acronym for Motion Picture Experts Group, the standards body that created this file format.

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This complicated abbreviation is short for MPEG-1, audio layer 3, with MPEG being an acronym for Motion Picture Experts Group, the standards body that created this file format.

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Their companies use MP3 (Motion Picture Experts Group, audio layer three) file-sharing technology, a format used for compressing audio to transmit as files at near-CD quality over the Internet.

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The compression schemes that apply to video have been standardized by the Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG).

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This could be done, though, when greater compression technology, such as the MPEG-4 system now being standardized by the Motion Picture Experts Group, becomes available for video.

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The name stems from the Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG), which is developing new standards for audio and video files.

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