Ogg

English

Etymology

An abbreviation of OggSquish, a 1993 suggestion by Michael Whitsun to replace the original name (Squish) which was trademarked.[1] Ogg was jargon from the computer game Netrek meaning roughly: to put all your resources into an attack to ensure its success, regardless of any negative consequences on the rest of the game. Allegedly "ogg" is a corruption of Og, the screen-name of the player who first played the game this way.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɒɡ/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Ogg

  1. An open bitstream container file format for audio, video, and other multimedia content.

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