Korean slang profile
MP3
mp3
Compressed-audio method and file format
An abbreviation referring to an audio coding method that compresses sound for storage, and to music files made using that method.
- Expanded form
- MPEG 1/2 Layer 3MPEG 1/2 Layer 3
- Other spellings
- 엠피쓰리
- Earliest source found
- Feb 2006
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
녹음 파일을 MP3로 변환해 들었다.
I converted the recording to MP3 and listened to it.
02Documented history
- 2006-02This source introduced “MP3” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
An ETSI technical report from 2006 explains MP3 in its abbreviation table and audio-coding discussion. An Electronic Times article from the same year uses it as an example of a music-file format. Its first user has not been identified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
Only the audio coding method and file format are covered, distinguished from its use as a shortened name for an MP3 player.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- ETSI TR102479 V1.1.1:Review of available material on QoS requirements of Multimedia Services (ETSI)Published Feb 2006Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
- [2006 인기상품] 마케팅우수-UCC업로드솔루션:이엔제이소프트 무비업 (전자신문)Published Dec 15, 2006Original source checked Nov 14, 2026