What Does Advanced Video Coding (AVC) Mean?

Advanced Video Coding (AVC) is a type of standard for the compression of digital video. AVC helps to set the standard syntax for video formats such as Blu-Ray, mobile TV and teleconferencing.

Techopedia Explains Advanced Video Coding (AVC)

In terms of its origin, AVC was developed jointly by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU-T) and the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG), which is a project of the ISO/IEC and familiar to many users because of popular and accessible MPEG file formats, like .mpg.