Dolby Digital

Dolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally named Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints. It is now also used for other applications such as HDTV broadcast, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs and game consoles.

In the cinema

Batman Returns was the first film to use Dolby Digital technology when it premiered in theaters in the summer of 1992. Dolby Digital cinema soundtracks are optically recorded on a 35 mm release print using sequential data blocks placed between every perforation hole on the sound track side of the film. A constant bit rate of 320 kbit/s is used. A charge-coupled device (CCD) scanner in the image projector picks up a scanned video image of this area, and a processor correlates the image area and extracts the digital data as an AC-3 bitstream. The data are finally decoded into a 5.1 channel audio source. All film prints with Dolby Digital data also have Dolby Stereo analogue soundtracks using Dolby SR noise reduction and such prints are known as Dolby SR-D prints. The analogue soundtrack provides a fall-back option in case of damage to the data area or failure of the digital decoding; it also provides compatibility with projectors not equipped with digital soundheads. Almost all current release cinema prints are of this type and may also include SDDS data and a timecode track to synchronize CD-ROMs carrying DTS soundtracks.

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AC3

AC3 or AC-3 may refer to:

Video games

Ace Combat 3, part of the Ace Combat series of video games

Armored Core 3, part of the Armored Core series of video games

Assassin's Creed III, part of the Assassin's Creed series of video games

Signal processing

AC3Filter, a DirectShow-filter for decoding real-time audio and processing

Dolby AC-3, Dolby Digital audio codec

Transport

Comte AC-3, a 1920s Swiss bomber/transport aircraft.

Southern Pacific class AC-3, a class of steam locomotive

Computer science

AC-3 algorithm (Arc Consistency Algorithm 3), one of a series of algorithms used for the solution of constraint satisfaction problems

Company

AC3 Company

Other

(35414) 1998 AC3, a minor planet

AC-3, an IEC Utilization category

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Fast

Fast may refer to:

Art, entertainment, and media

Films

Fast, an independent 2010 film starring Charlyne Yi and Steve Clemmons

Publications

Faceted Application of Subject Terminology, a thesaurus of subject headings

Music

Fast, an album by the musician Custom

Banking

Fast And Secure Transfers, a real time electronic fund transfers service that allows customers to transfers SGD funds in Singapore

Companies and products

Fairfield and Suisun Transit

Fast Enterprises, an American company that produces tax software

Fast Search & Transfer, a Norwegian company focusing on data search technologies

Fast Product, a record label

FAST, the NASDAQ symbol for Fastenal company

Computing and software

Facilitated Application Specification Techniques, a team-oriented approach for requirement gathering

FAST Enterprise Search Platform (ESP), a product of the Fast Search & Transfer division of Microsoft

FAST protocol, an adaptation of the FIX protocol, optimized for streaming

FAST TCP, a TCP congestion avoidance algorithm

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Kill the Lights (Luke Bryan album)

Kill the Lights is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Luke Bryan. It was released on August 7, 2015, through Capitol Nashville. The album's lead single, "Kick the Dust Up", was released to radio on May 19, 2015. "Strip It Down" was released as the second single from the album on August 4, 2015. The album's third single, "Home Alone Tonight", was released to country radio on November 23, 2015.

Kill the Lights garnered positive reviews from music critics. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, moving 345,000 equivalent units in the week ending August 13.

Critical reception

Kill the Lights has received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a "weighted average" rating out of 100 from selected independent ratings and reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a Metascore of 69/100, based on nine reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rates the album four stars conveying: "Kill the Lights winds up feeling happy and generous, an inclusive record that plays to teenage desires as effectively as memories of an adolescence left behind. " The publication Billboard rates the album three and a half stars, and Jewly Hight commenting: "the fact that Kill the Lights features a pensive, black-and-white cover shot -- the rare photo in which he's not smiling even a little -- is a hint: He isn't simply going about his business-as-usual fun on this album."Brian Mansfield rates the album three stars out of four at USA Today proffering: "The hits are fine, but that's the guy who's really worth getting to know." Maura Johnston gives the album a positive review on behalf of The Boston Globe suggesting: "Bryan might have broken up with spring break, but crashing pop’s party will probably offer him just as good a time."