- Industry: Computer; Software
- Number of terms: 54848
- Number of blossaries: 7
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Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software and personal computers.
Data transmission via continuous, varying signals. Analog media includes VHS and traditional audio cassettes, vinyl records, and film.
Industry:Entertainment
Digital spoken word file, such as audio books and radio programs, with four compression rates (Audible 1, 2, 3, and 4). iPods are compatible with rates 2, 3, and 4. (Various sites let users download audio books, radio programs, and audio versions of newspapers and magazines.)
Industry:Entertainment
An iTunes setting that allows the iPod shuffle to automatically download current music library selections based on your preferences (random, rating, or frequency of play) when connected to a PC.
Industry:Entertainment
An iTunes setting that allows an iPod to automatically download current music library contents when connected to a PC.
Industry:Entertainment
The average number of bits that one second of audio data will consume. Standard MP3 bit rates are 64Kbps (kilobits per second), 96Kbps, 128Kbps, and 160Kbps. The higher the bit rate, the better the sound quality.
Industry:Entertainment
A measurement of the speed at which data is sent over transmission lines. A bit is the smallest unit of information on a computer.
Industry:Entertainment
A rate of data transfer, not to be confused with bits per second (bps). A byte is a number of bits that are usually treated as a unit.
Industry:Entertainment
Memory that temporarily stores data to help compensate for differences in the transfer rate of data from one device to another.
Industry:Entertainment
The process of writing a DVD, CD-R, or CD-RW. CD and DVD writers are sometimes called burners.
Industry:Entertainment
