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.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.