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Ogg

Pronunciation: /ɒɡ/

The English word “Ogg” has 2 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. An open bitstream container file format for audio, video, and other multimedia content.
  2. An unincorporated community in Randall County, Texas, United States.

Etymology

An abbreviation of OggSquish, a 1993 suggestion by Michael Whitsun to replace the original name (Squish) which was trademarked. 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…

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