AVI

(Digital) video file format created by Microsoft (Video for Windows). An .avi file contains picture and sound elements stored in alternate (interleaved) chunks.

Audio Video Interleaved digitized video files (with audio tracks) that satisfy MPC standards for Video for Windows playback. The Media Player (mplayer.exe) file that is included in Windows operating systems runs AVI files. Most PC video capture boards will convert analog video into AVI files. The AVI standard from Microsoft's Video for Windows is giving way to Microsoft's newer Active Video architecture. (See also Active video , MCI , MPC , and QuickTime )

Short for Audio Video Interleave, the file format for Microsoft’s Video for Windows standard. See under Video for Windows.

AVI(Audio Video Interleaved) A Microsoft video format where audio and video coding appears in alternate segments.AVI files will end with an .avi extension.Video clips on the world wide web are usually available in both AVI and QuickTime formats.