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What Exactly Is 'Codec'? Why Would I Ever Need It?

"Codec" is a technical term for the "compression/decompression" of large downloadble files. Commonly associated with music and movie files transmitted through the Internet, codec works like this...

What Is a 'PDF' File? How Do I Use PDF Files?

You see these documents around the Internet called 'pdf' files. But why are they so popular? How do they work? About.com explains pdf files here...