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A popular, highly compressed file format used for music.
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A compression technique used to squeeze digital music. MP3 stands for MPEG1 (Motion picture experts group 1), audio layer 3 and is commonly used on the internet to reduce the size of a music file. That way, the file takes up less space and is also quicker to upload and download. Because MP3s take up...
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MPEG Audio Layer 3
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An audio compression format that allows almost CD-quality fidelity with only 10% of the filesize by discarding frequencies that cannot be heard by the human ear or that clash with similar frequencies. The name comes from MP(EG-1 layer) 3.
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MPEG1 Audio Layer 3. Audio file compression format with CD quality. A standard on the Internet.
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A way of compressing sound files on a computer to make them much smaller.
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the most widely used of several available sound file formats using compression to reduce file-size compared to the 'raw' original
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MP3 stands for MPEG 1, Audio Layer 3. It is an encoding format which takes out all the irrelevant data in a recording and compresses the remaining data. An MP3 file can be 1/12 the size of an original recording taking up far less space on a computer`s hard drive, making it feasible to email the ...
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Standard data reduction system for audio files (MPEG1 Layer 3)
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MP3 (MPEG-1 audio layer 3) is popular audio encoding technology using highly efficient (MPEG) compression algorithms that capitalise on discarding less audible sound components.
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Standard data reduction system for audio files (MPEG-1 Layer 3).
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A digital audio standard.
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- MP3 is a scheme for compressing audio. MP3 files do not maintain the quality of audio CD tracks, and cannot be recorded directly to CD as standard audio tracks. They can be recorded as data tracks and played back via your computer using appropriate player software, or converted to Wave files and t...
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A digital format for encoding music. Sometimes used for the purpose of ringtones.
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MPEG-1 audio layer 3
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MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3. Compression scheme used to transfer audio files via the Internet and store in portable players and digital audio servers.
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MPEG1 audio layer 3. A technique for compressing digital sound. One of many formats for stocking sound.
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MP3 is an acronym for MPEG-1 (or MPEG-2) Layer 3 audio encoding (it is not an acronym for MPEG3). MP3 is a popular compression format used for audio files on computers and portable devices. The compression in MP3 works on the basis of a 'psychoacoustic model' which means that parts of the audio that...
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MP3 is a shorter way of saying MPEG Layer-3. MPEG stands for Moving Pictures Expert Group, and refers to the experts who defined MPEG audio technology. MP3 allows digital audio files to be highly compressed whilst retaining an acceptable level of audio quality
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MP3 is an acronym for MPEG layer 3, which is a compressed audio format. A compression ratio of up to 12 to 1 compression is possible, which produces high sound quality.
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1) File on an ipod
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A very popular compressed audio format. Millions of MP3's can be downloaded on the internet and played on your computer, and MP3 player or even converted to CD Audio to play in most CD players. A song that is 40 megs can often be downloaded as a 4-5 meg MP3 making it accessible to even dial up users...
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