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ASPI driver ..................(= Advanced SCSI Programming Interface) A driver which is used to control the CD ROM
drive (also for ATAPI drives).
Bit rate........................The data transmission rate which is necessary for a continual music playback. This is defi-
ned when the music files are converted into MP3 format. The higher the bit rate, the
better the quality – and the larger the file.
Encoder ......................Software which converts music into the MP3 format.
ID3 tag .......................Information about the title, the artist, the year the song was released and the type of
music. The tag can be edited and is saved with the MP3 file.
MP3............................The file format for music which has been compressed according to the MPEG Layer 3
standard (or an earlier version of the MPEG standard).
MPEG .........................Motion Picture Experts Group
MultiMediaCard..........Memory card with a flash memory which can be rewritten more than 100,000 times.
You can obtain further information in the Internet at the website of the MultiMediaCard
association: http://www.mmca.org
Parallel port ................A standard PC port which is often used for the printer.
Ripper.........................Software which reads music files from an audio CD and copies them on the hard disk of
a computer.
Record On Silicon .......Record On Silicon is a ROM (Read Only Memory) card. Its contents cannot be overwrit-
ten or deleted and it is sold prerecorded.
Sampling rate .............The sampling rate is defined in kHz. The higher the sampling rate, the better the recor-
ding quality of the music file.
Serial port (RS 232).....A standard PC port .
USB ............................(Universal Serial Bus) interface for data transmission, available in most recent PCs or
Macs. Older models can be updated with a plug-in board.
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