Glossary/it

This page gives very brief explanations of technical terms related to digital audio, with some links to Wikipedia for much more comprehensive explanations.

General Terms
I removed the example of a volume control in the description of "Linear", since it is actually a logarithmic control, even though it is usually marked linearly. I haven't thought of an alternative, though. Also, made small changes to CBR and Gain. - Paraic Nov 24/09

Audio File Formats
There are numerous audio file formats for storing audio on a computer.
 * WAV format is widely used on Windows and is needed for creating an audio CD.
 * AIFF is widely used on Apple's operating systems.
 * Compressed formats are used on portable music players.