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  2. Multimedia - Wikipedia

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    Multimedia. Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms, such as writing, audio, images, animations, or video, into a single interactive presentation, in contrast to traditional mass media, such as printed material or audio recordings, which feature little to no interaction between users.

  3. MP3 - Wikipedia

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    MP3 (formally MPEG-1 Audio Layer III or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III) [4] is a coding format for digital audio developed largely by the Fraunhofer Society in Germany under the lead of Karlheinz Brandenburg, [11] [12] with support from other digital scientists in other countries.

  4. Digital audio - Wikipedia

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    Digital audio is a representation of sound recorded in, or converted into, digital form. In digital audio, the sound wave of the audio signal is typically encoded as numerical samples in a continuous sequence. For example, in CD audio, samples are taken 44,100 times per second, each with 16-bit sample depth. Digital audio is also the name for ...

  5. History of sound recording - Wikipedia

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    The compact disc almost totally dominated the consumer audio market by the end of the 20th century, but within another decade, rapid developments in computing technology saw it rendered virtually redundant in just a few years by the most significant new invention in the history of audio recording — the digital audio file (.wav, .mp3 and other ...

  6. Digital media - Wikipedia

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    Digital is defined as any data represented by a series of digits, and media refers to methods of broadcasting or communicating this information. Together, digital media refers to mediums of digitized information broadcast through a screen and/or a speaker. [1]

  7. Electronic media - Wikipedia

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    The primary electronic media sources familiar to the general public are video recordings, audio recordings, multimedia presentations, slide presentations, CD-ROM and online content. Most new media are in the form of digital media. However, electronic media may be in either analogue electronics data or digital electronic data format.

  8. Stereophonic sound - Wikipedia

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    The inset shows the electronic simulation. Notably, such electronic systems require more than one speaker. Time difference in a stereophonic recording of a car going past. Stereophonic sound, or more commonly stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that recreates a multi-directional, 3-dimensional audible perspective.

  9. Surround sound - Wikipedia

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    Surround sound. 16.2 channel surround sound. Surround sound is a technique for enriching the fidelity and depth of sound reproduction by using multiple audio channels from speakers that surround the listener ( surround channels ). Its first application was in movie theaters.