H.261

networking, standard A video compression standard

developed by ITU-T before 1992 to work with integratedservice digital network. Data is compressed at the rate of

64P kilobits per second, where P can range from 1 to 30

depending on the number of ISDN channels used. This standard

was developed primarily to support video phones and videoconferencing.

See also ivs.

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[Date? Details?]

(1994-11-03)