Audio Information and Media
Audio Information and Media
Audio Information and Media
INFORMATION
LITERACY
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● a. Tape -
magnetic tape
on which sound
can be recorded .
Different ways of storing audio media
● b. CD - a plastic-
fabricated, circular
medium for recording,
storing, and playing
back audio, video, and
computer data.
Different ways of storing audio media
● c. USB drive - an
external flash drive,
small enough to carry
on a key ring, that can
be used with any
computer that has a
USB port.
Different ways of storing audio media
● d. Memory Card - (aka flash
memory card or storage
card) is a small storage
medium used to store data
such as text, pictures, audio,
and video, for use on small,
portable, or remote
computing devices.
Different ways of storing audio media
● e. Computer hard
drive - secondary
storage devices for
storing audio files.
Different ways of storing audio media
● f. Internet/Cloud -
websites or file repositories
for retrieving audio files,
and more precisely the files
are stored in some
datacenter full of servers
that is connected to the
Internet.
Different audio file formats
a. MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3) -
a common format for consumer
audio, as well as a standard of
digital audio compression for
the transfer and playback of
music on most digital audio
players.
Different audio file formats
b. M4A/AAC (MPEG-4
Audio/Advanced Audio Coding) -
an audio coding standard for lossy
digital audio compression.
Designed to be the successor of
the MP3 format, AAC generally
achieves better sound quality than
MP3 at similar bit rates.
Different audio file formats