These are example of digital sounds in which context. Radio, Computer Games, Film, TV, Music.

These are example of digital sounds in which context. Information

These are example of digital sounds in which context. Podcasts, Tutorials

This is the amount of data used to store each sample. The greater it is the larger the range of frequencies that can be stored.

This is how often samples of a sound are taken to store it in digital format. The more frequent the sample, the closer to the original the digital version will be.

This is the frequency of the sound e.g. what key it is in. If you raise it or lower it, the sound tone will be higher or deeper.

This is the softest to loudest sound range, measured in decibels (dB)

This is how easy the sound is to hear, external factors e.g. background noise can affect this.

This is the difference is sound although it may be the same pitch. E.g a choir singing in E# and a guitar playing E#

High quality sound files. Also the became the name of the device that plays the files. Compressed using lossy compression.

File type created by Microsoft and contains compressed sounds. The compression is lossless.

A lossless compression file format designed for voice content. WMA stands for Windows Media Audio

A lossless file type developed by Apple but was also used on Amiga computers.

A lossless compression file format designed for voice content. It stands for Windows Media Audio.

A lossless compression file format designed for voice content. It stands for Windows Media Audio.

An open source lossy file format file format created by the Xiph Org Foundation..

Compression reduces a file's size with no loss of quality.

This file compression results in lost data and quality from the original version. It is typically associated with image files, such as JPEGs, or audio files, like MP3s.