Moving Picture Experts Group MPEG <compression, standard, algorithm, file format, body> (MPEG, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29 WG11) An {ISO} committee that generates {standards} for digital {video compression} and audio. Also the name of their {algorithms}. {MPEG-1} is optimised for {CD-ROM} and is the basis for {MP3}. {MPEG-2} is aimed at {broadcast quality video} for applications such as {digital television} {set-top boxes} and {DVD}. {MPEG-4} is a standard for low {bandwidth} {video telephony} and {multimedia} on the {World-Wide Web}. MPEG-3 was merged into MPEG-2. (http://cselt.it/mpeg/). MPEG.org (http://mpeg.org/). MPEG decoder (ftp://toe.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/multimedia/mpeg/). MPEG routines (ftp://ftp.mni.mcgill.ca/pub/mpeg/). (2000-05-31)