Multimedia Glossary List
Glossary
- 3gp is a file format which is used in mobile phones to store media (audio/video). more...
- AAC (.aac) - "Advanced Audio Coding", next generation audio codec developed by Fraunhofer that seeks to preserve audio quality at lower bitrates. more...
- AC3 - AC3 file, a Dolby Digital audio file, can be found as the standard audio track on Digital Versatile Discs (DVD) and High Definition Television (HDTV). more...
- AIFF (.aiff) - default sound file on Macintosh computers. AIFF stands for Audio Interchange File Format. more...
- ADPCM - is a compressed WAV format and stands for Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation. more...
- ALAW - Compressed WAV format. A-Law (or CCITT standard G.711) is an audio compression scheme common in telephony applications. more...
- ALF2CD - Compressed WAV format. ACM codec developed by the NCT Company. Good for keeping of CD-quality music.
- Apple Lossless - Encoding (also known as Apple Lossless, Apple Lossless Audio Codec or ALE) is a lossless audio codec developed by Apple Computer to provide full, CD-quality audio in about half the space of the original file.