ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

3GP

Okay kiddo, have you ever watched a video on your smartphone or tablet? Most videos that we watch on our phones or tablets are in a format called 3gp.

Think of 3gp like a special way to save and store videos on your phone. It's like a container that holds the video and all the information about how it should be played.

You know how there are different shapes and sizes of containers for food and toys? 3gp is like a container that works really well for videos on phones and tablets.

You might wonder why we need a special container for videos on our phones. Well, phones and tablets don't have as much space or processing power as computers do, so we need a smaller, more efficient way to save and play videos.

And 3gp does the trick! It lets us save videos in a smaller size without losing too much quality, so we can watch videos on our phones even when we're not connected to the internet.

So, that's 3gp in a nutshell - a special container that helps us store and play videos on our phones and tablets. Pretty cool, huh?
Related topics others have asked about: