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What is an Video conferencing End-points?

  What is an Endpoint? An endpoint in the realm of videoconferencing is a term that many on the user side—like doctors, nurses, patients, and office staff—may encounter, though they might not be fully aware of all the technological elements involved in their virtual meetings. Essentially, an endpoint is a networking node that can initiate and participate in a videoconferencing call with another similar node. On a more practical level, it includes the equipment like the CODEC, camera, and display used during a video call. The CODEC stands for coder-decoder. It's the backstage tech wizard that processes the audiovisual content during a videoconferencing session. As the heart of the endpoint, the CODEC captures video from the camera and routes it to the screen, as well as handling audio and video from other devices, communicating with the core network infrastructure, or establishing a connection with other endpoints. CODECs vary in size and design, ranging from large, computer-like de