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/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Proper noun

Ogg

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

References

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

Anagrams

GGO, Gog, gog

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[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] ttp://www.netrek.org/about/akira-history-of-ogg.php

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