Ogg

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English

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 Ogg (surname) on Wikipedia
 Ogg, Texas on Wikipedia

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/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Proper noun

Ogg

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

Alternative forms

References

  1. ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2009 February 14 (last accessed), archived from the original on 27 February 2012
  2. ^ http://www.netrek.org/about/akira-history-of-ogg.php

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