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Music Center Glossary
A
A&R (Artist and Repertoire)
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
ADC (analog-to-digital converter)
ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation)
AIFF
ASCAP
ATRAC
ATRAC3
audio compression
audio player
B
bandwidth
bit rate
BMI
buffer
buffering
C
CD burning
CD-R disc
CD-RW disc
CD-R/RW drive
CDA
CDDB
CD text
codec
compulsory license
CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking)
D
DAC (digital-to-analog converter)
DAT (Digital Audio Tape)
download
DRM (Digital Rights Management)
DSP (Digital Signal Processing)
E
encoder
EQ (equalization)
F
firmware
FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
flash memory
FTP
I
ID3
IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
ISO 9660
J
Janus
Joliet
jukebox
L
LAME
line-in (line-level input)
line out
Liquid Audio
M
M3U
MDLP
MIDI
mirror
mono
MP2
MP3
MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group)
MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator)
N
normalize
O
OELD
Ogg Vorbis
OLED
open source
P
playlist
psychoacoustics
Q
quantize
R
RedBook CD
RIAA
ripper
S
sampling rate
SDMI
secure audio file
sideload
signal-to-noise ratio
skin
sound card
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface)
splitter
spoof
SRS
standard bit rate (SBR)
stereo
streaming
T
TosLink
transcode
V
variable bit rate (VBR)
visualization
VQF
VST plug-in
W
watermark
WAV
WMA
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