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In which of the following file formats can music files be compressed?
A
gif
B
jpeg
C
mp3
D
mpeg
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -MP3. The MP3 audio file is an MPEG audio layer 3 file format. The key feature of MP3 files is the compression that saves valuable space while maintaining near-flawless quality of the original source of sound.

Detailed explanation-2: -MP3s are compressed to make their file size more manageable. As a result, they lose some audio quality and are considered a “lossy” audio file type. When encoded, some parts of the MP3 audio are stripped from the recording to compress the file (to make it smaller).

Detailed explanation-3: -MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer III) is the most popular of the lossy formats. MP3 files work on most devices and the files can be as small as one-tenth the size of lossless files.

Detailed explanation-4: -An mp3 is the most popular type of lossy audio-that is a digital audio file that has been compressed to a manageable size for storage, streaming, and downloads. Smartphones and tablets play mp3 files. The mp3 compression algorithm does result in a loss of quality compared to the original analog audio files.

Detailed explanation-5: -MP3, in full MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, a data compression format for encoding digital audio, most commonly music.

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