Multimedia Glossary - What is AIFF?
AIFF (.aiff) - default sound file on Macintosh computers. AIFF stands for Audio Interchange File Format.
Apple Computer developed this audio file format to store high-quality audio and musical instrument information.
Audio interchange file format. A common Macintosh audio file format. It can be mono or stereo, at sampling rates up to 48kHz. AIFF files are QuickTime compatible.
Audio Interchange File Format (or AIFF) is a file format for storing digital audio (waveform) data. It supports a variety of bit resolutions, sample rates, and channels of audio. This format is very popular upon Apple platforms, and is widely used in professional programs that process digital audio waveforms.
A sound file format than can include both sampled sound and MIDI data. AIFF sounds can be hear and/or imported into many different kinds of multimedia authoring applications for the Macintosh and by some applications running on the PC.
An uncompressed Macintosh audio format, functionally identical to Windows' WAV. Uncompressed, sound files occupy a huge amount of disk space, thus the need for compressed formats, such as MP3.
"Audio Interchange File Format" This audio format developed by Apple Computer is used to store high-quality sampled audio and musical instrument information. AIFF files are similar to Windows WAVE files in both size and quality. Both AIFF and WAVE files can hold CD quality audio and therefore can be burned onto an audio CD. Though the AIFF format was created by Apple, audio programs on both the Mac and PC can typically read the files.
Audio Interchange File Format is a file format standard used for storing audio data on PCs. The format was co-developed by Apple based on Electronic Arts Interchange File Format (IFF) and is most commonly used on Apple Macintosh computer systems.