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- ASX - Active stream redirector (.asx) file. .asx files provide information that a NetShow Player needs to receive either unicast or multicast ASF streams. An .asx file may be encrypted or not. An unencrypted .asx file is simply a text file that contains the URL's for the ASF streams. A .asx file is not a .asf file.
- ATRAC - Developed by Sony engineers in the early 90s for the MiniDisc format, ATRAC is a lossy audio codec which offers near-CD sound quality with relatively small file sizes.
- ATRAC3 - A newer version of the ATRAC format that squeezes music into even smaller files. It's used for music storage in some portable Sony digital music players, in other Internet music applications like RealAudio.
- ATRAC3plus - the newest version of the ATRAC codec, is found on Sony's Hi-MD portable recorders and offers even better sound quality at lower bitrates than earlier versions.
- AU - An audio format commonly used for posting sound clips on the Internet. AU files can be played back on Windows, Macintosh, and other operating systems.
- AUDIO_TS - UDF file name used for audio directory on disc volume.
- audiophile - one with extreme interest in high quality sound
- Audio Video Interleaved (.AVI) - A file format for storing and playing back movie clips with sound on Windows-based PCs.
- AVCHD - A high-definition digital video format that can record in 1080i and 720p and still maintain a reasonably small file size. AVCHD files are based on the MPEG4 codec. The advent of high-definition (HD) televisions and displays spurred the development of this format, which uses the same resolution as HDTV signals. AVCHD video files can also be burned to Blu-ray Discs?, and played in compatible devices, such as Blu-ray Disc players and the Sony PlayStation3.
- Bandwidth - A measure of the amount of data that can flow over a channel on a network in a given period of time.
- Betacam SP - A high-quality, component video format used in professional vidoe editing.
- Bitrate - The speed at which data travels from one place to another on a computer network, such as the Internet, measured in bits (see kbps or Mbps).
- BMP (Windows Bitmap Image)
A standard format used for storing images on Windows-based PCs. BMP images can either be compressed or uncompressed. This type of file also sometimes appears with the ".DIB" extension.
- Buffer - A temporary storage area where data can be stored until the computer is ready to process it.
- BURN-Proof - short for "Buffer Underrun Proof", this technology was developed by Sanyo to combat the most common problem in burning CDs. If a data stream is interrupted while burning, the cd creation process is often ruined. BURN-Proof combats this by connecting the data seamlessly between the recorded point and the recording start point
- burning - term for writing data to a cd
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