MP3

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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MPEG Layer 3. An new standard for audio compression.
It is capable of 10:1 compression with no noticeable
loss in quality. MP3s have become a popular way to
distribute CD quality music on the Internet.
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MP3 is an acronym for MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 audio layer
3. MP3 is the file extension for MPEGaudio layer 3.
Layer 3 is one of three coding schemes (layer 1, layer 2
and layer 3) for the compression of audio signals. Layer
3 uses perceptual audio coding and psychoacoustic
compression to remove all superfluous information
(more specifically, the redundant and irrelevant parts of
a sound signal. The stuff the human ear doesn't hear
anyway). ...
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(MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3) Is the standard technology
and format for compressing a sound sequence into a
very small file while preserving the original level of
sound quality when it is played.
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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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music, file format> (filename extension .mp3) A
digital audio compression algorithm that achieves a
compression of factor of about twelve while preserving
sound quality. MP3 files can be played using software
available for most operating systems.
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MP3 audio coding shrinks down the original sound data
from a CD by a factor of 12, without losing sound
quality.
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MP3 stands for 'MPEG-2 Layer 3', which is a
compression standard developed by the Moving Picture
Experts Group (http://mpeg.telecomitalialab.com), a
joint committee of the ISO and IEC, specifically for
encoding digital audio in a space-efficient manner.
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MPEG Audio Layer-3 - A widely used technology for the
compression and decompression of music. Music is
stored as an MP3 file.
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MP3 is an audio file format, based on MPEG (Moving
Picture Expert Group) technology. It creates very small
files suitable for streaming or downloading over the
Internet.
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Based on MPEG layer 2 and layer 3 compression, mp3
is a streamable audio file format that has enabled many
new digital audio applications, and stimulated the
development of newer improved streaming formats.
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A compressed digital audio format. MPEG (Motion
Pictures Experts Group) Layer 3 Audio compression.
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The most popular CODEC (for compressor-
decompressor) software that shrinks music into digital
files small enough for transmission over the Internet.
The MP3 format strips away layers of inaudible sounds,
compresses what is left, then decompresses those
same files for listening on a computer or audio player.
MP3 is "open source" software, in the public domain
and freely available on the Internet.
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A popular audio compression standard for Internet
delivery of sound files.
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What has become the standard file format for the
compression of music. Because MP3s significantly
compress songs, it is a perfect candidate for
distributing on the internet. It is clearly a standard
online format and has resulted in the creation of dozens
of software tools (like Napster and Gnutella) that
encourage MP3 sharing/copying via the web.
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The popular name for the MPEG3 compression format.
MP3 is the most popular form of transporting audio
around the World Wide Web. MP3 files can be imported
into Live Channel for streaming.
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(MPEG Audio Layer 3) An audio compression
technology that is part of the MPEG-1 and MPEG-2
specifications. MP3 compresses CD-quality sound by
factor twelve, while still maintaining high fidelity. MP3
music files are played via software or a handheld
device. MP3 has made it feasible to download quality
audio from the Web very quickly.
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An abbreviation of MPEG Audio-Layer 3. This is a
compression algorithm developed by the Fraunhofer
Institute in Germany and later standardised by the
MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group) that permits
audio files to be highly compressed and yet retain
excellent levels of quality. ...
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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 human ears
cannot detect are discarded by the encoder. Although
this is a LOSSY process, it can yield very high quality
audio files are relatively high compression rates. ...
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An increasingly popular way to store audio in electronic
format. The MP3 format compresses audio files in such
a way that the file size is relatively small, but the song
sounds nearly perfect. You can identify MP3 files
because they end in the ".mp3" extension. Typically 1
MB is equal to one minute of music or several minutes
for spoken word/audiobooks.
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MPEG Layer 3 Format for compressing audio only
defined in both MPEG-1 and MPEG-2. Commonly used
for digital music played on personal computers (MP3
songs) but also targeted at applications such as digital
phones and new hardware MP3 players intended as
discman or car CD player replacements.
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A way of compressing sound files on a computer to
make them much smaller.
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MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer 3. Audio compression algorithm,
originally developed for use in conjunction with film and
video.
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A file format for sounds. Popular for transferring music
via the Internet.
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a audio file, which offers near CD-quality sound at a
high rate of compression, resulting in files ten times
smaller than the original.
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MP3 is a popular digital audio encoding and lossy
compression format.It was designed to greatly reduce
the amount of data (10:1 compression is common)
required to represent audio, yet still sound like a
faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed
audio to most listeners.In popular usage, MP3 also
refers to files of sound or music recordings stored in
the MP3 format on computers.
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