UNDERSTANDING COMPUTER FILES
FILE EXTENSIONS AND FILE TYPES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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WAV (Waveform Audio File Format)
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MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer-3)
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Detailed explanation-1: -Waveform Audio File Format (WAVE, or WAV due to its filename extension; pronounced “wave") is an audio file format standard, developed by IBM and Microsoft, for storing an audio bitstream on PCs. It is the main format used on Microsoft Windows systems for uncompressed audio.
Detailed explanation-2: -What is a WAV file? WAV or Waveform Audio File Format was developed jointly by Microsoft and IBM as an audio file standard for storing digital audio on PC. This format originated based on the Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF), a bitstream format that stores audio data in ‘chunks’.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most common uncompressed audio formats are WAV, AIFF, AU, PCM or BWF. BWF (Broadcast Wave Format) is mostly used in the broadcast industry and supports more meta-data to be stored in the file. WAV (Waveform Audio File Format is an audio file format developed by Microsoft and IBM.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sound Quality – WAV files are superior when it comes to quality levels because this is a type of uncompressed file. Nothing is lost because it hasn’t gone through any form of compression. Your files are still practically original.