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mpplliinngg FFrreeqquueennccyy - The number of digital snapshots or

samples taken of an analog audio signal in one second

necessary to produce a digital interpretation of the original

signal. The industry standard sampling frequency for

CD-quality audio is 44.1 kHz. Also referred to as Sample Rate.

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Nooiissee RRaattiioo - A measure of how quiet an audio device

is when no signal is present. Also referred to as Hum and Noise

or Residual Noise.

SSPPDDIIFF – Sony/Philips Digital Interface. An interface

(input/output) that allows you to connect two digital audio

devices using an RCA connector (Coaxial) or a TOSLINK

(Optical).

TTHHDD - The abbreviation for Total Harmonic Distortion.

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WDDM

M – Windows Driver Model. A driver model based on the

Windows NT driver model that is designed to provide a common

architecture of I/O services for Windows operating systems for

specific classes of drivers. This driver model is currently

supported under Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows

Millenium Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. WDM

drivers provide multichannel I/O.

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