Updated April 10, 2017. In grammar, a demonstrative is a determiner or a pronoun that points to a particular noun or to the noun it replaces. There are four demonstratives in English: the near demonstratives this and these, and the far demonstratives that and those. This and that are singular; these and those are plural.
In the context of video compression, codec is a concatenation of encoder and decoderâa device that only compresses is typically called an encoder, and one that only decompresses is a decoder. The compressed data format usually conforms to a standard video compression specification.
The Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC) Exam Review is an online course designed to prepare you for the CIC Certification Exam offered by AAPC. The CIC, first offered in 2014, is an inpatient medical coding certification and the only certification dedicated exclusively to inpatient facility coding.