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by glennos 3337 days ago
"We thank all of our licensees for their great support in making mp3 the defacto audio codec in the world". This doesn't make sense. Defacto standard?
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de jure: Standard prescribed by law

de facto: Standard, because it's what everyone does, without any coordinating entity

d'ISO: Standard set by standard-setting body.