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Music Center: CNET's guide to digital audio
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- AIFF
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- MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group)
- MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator)
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- sampling rate
- SDMI
- secure audio file
- sideload
- signal-to-noise ratio
- skin
- sound card
- S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface)
- splitter
- spoof
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- stereo
- streaming
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