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Ogg en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ɒɡ/ (UK)

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 played the game this way.

Meanings

1. (qualifier: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.

Forms

wikipedia: + (surname) · wikipedia: +, Texas