MPEG started as the name of a group of engineers who write rules for packing moving pictures and sound into computer files (Moving Picture Experts Group). People then used MPEG as the name of the files themselves — a clip of video-plus-sound on a computer or on the internet.

MPEG MPEG started as the name of a group of engineers一開始是一群工程師的名字 who write rules for packing moving pictures and sound into computer files他們負責制定把動態影像和聲音打包進電腦檔案的規則 (Moving Picture Experts Group)（Moving Picture Experts Group，動態影像專家組）。 People then used MPEG as the name of the files themselves後來人們就把 MPEG 當成檔案本身的名字 — a clip of video-plus-sound on a computer or on the internet也就是電腦上或網路上的影音片段。

You may see .mpeg or .mpg on the end of a filename. MP3 music files come from the same family of rules, just the sound layer.

You may see .mpeg or .mpg on the end of a filename你可能會在檔名後面看到 .mpeg 或 .mpg。 MP3 music files MP3 音樂檔 come from the same family of rules來自同一套規則家族, just the sound layer只是取聲音的那一層。

Newer video you watch online is often a grandchild of this work, even if nobody says “MPEG” out loud any more; MP4 is related. You say it “em-peg.” It is a tech word from the 1990s that still turns up on old files and in manuals.

Newer video you watch online is often a grandchild of this work你現在在網路上看的新影片，往往是這套工作的後代, even if nobody says “MPEG” out loud any more就算現在沒有人再把「MPEG」講出口; MP4 is related MP4 也跟它有關。 You say it “em-peg.”這個字唸作「em-peg」。 It is a tech word from the 1990s它是一九九〇年代的科技詞 that still turns up on old files and in manuals到現在還會出現在舊檔案和說明手冊裡。