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Terminology – Toshiba Portable MP3 Player User Manual

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DRM10

A digital rights management technology of Microsoft Corporation supported by
Windows Media Player 10 or higher.
It supports the subscription as well as standard copy protection.

EQUALIZER

A device or function to control sound quality by increasing or decreasing the level of
each frequency band.

MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3)

An international standard established by MPEG, a working group under the
International Standardization Organization (ISO). This standard permits files to be
compressed at a scale of 1/10 to 1/12.

Portable Media Center

This is an OS developed by Microsoft Corporation and is installed on the device.
This can play digital music, images, videos, and recorded TV program data
downloaded from PC.

Subscription Service

As pertaining to this product, subscriptions services typically allow their members to
pay a set fee per month to enjoy as many tracks as they like which will play back on
the device as long as the monthly subscription is kept active. This differs from
paying a set fee per track and using that track in an unlimited fashion.

WindowsXP Media Center Edition 2005

Based on WindowsXP Professional, this OS is designed exclusively for multimedia
functions such as viewing and recording TV programs and playing music. This also
works closely with Windows Media Player 10 which is installed in most PCs.

WMA (Windows Media Audio)

This designates the audio-compression coding method developed by Microsoft
Corporation or audio files compressed according to this standard.

WMV (Windows Media Video)

This designates the movie compression format or a video file using the technology
developed by Microsoft Corporation.