What are video codecs, containers, audio codecs?

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Hello everyone . Interested in the question, what are the video / audio codecs, containers. I need a list of the most popular video / audio codecs, containers, which are now actively used in video processing.
For example:

• H.263
  
• H.264 (MPEG-4/AVC)
  
• H.265 (HEVC)
  

etc.
ps I can’t decide if anyone can help) I’ll be glad to hear it ^^

Answer 1

https://www.ffmpeg.org/general.html#Video-Codecs

Answer 2

complete your Xvid open source list