Computer sound terms

Sound terms with full definitions and information on each term. Explore this list of over 130 terms like sound card, line in, frequency, and microphone. Navigate quickly through the list by clicking one of the letters below; for example, click 'H' to find terms like 'headphones' in the 'H' section.

Top 10 sound terms
Frequency response Line in Audio output device Line out Voice recognition Multimedia Microphone Headphones Audio iPod
Number
3D audio
A
AAC AC-1 AC-2 AC-3 AC'97 ACD Adaptive delta pulse code modulation Adobe Audition ADPCM Amazon Music Ambient Amplify Analog signals Apple earbuds Apple Music ATRAC Audacity Audible Audio Audiobook Audio conversion device Audio feedback Audio output device Audiophile Audio software AVR
B
Band Bandcamp BandLab Bitrate
C
Cakewalk Content-aware Cubase
D
DAC DAE DAW Decibel Digital audio workstation DJ Dolby AC-1 Dolby AC-2 Dolby AC-3
E
EQ Equalizer Equalizer APO External sound card
F
Feedback Fi FLAC FL Studio Frequency Frequency response Fresnel zone
G
GarageBand Google Nest
H
Headphone amp Headphones Headset Hertz High-fi High fidelity
I
Impedance Indeo Insulator iPod IrfanView iTunes
J
Jitter buster
K
Kilohertz
L
LibriVox Line in Line level Line out Live!Ware Logic Pro Lossless compression Lossy compression Low-Fi Low fidelity Low frequency LP LPS
M
Memo Microphone MIDI Mini plug MP3 MPC MPU-401 Multimedia Music Musical Instrument Digital Interface Mute
N
Neper Nest Audio Nest Mini Noise Noise cancellation Normalize Notator
O
OpenAL
P
Pitch Playback Playlist Pro Tools
Q
Currently, no listings.
R
Radio Frequency Register RF RIAA RTTTL
S
Sampling Shazam Smart speaker Social audio Sound Sound Blaster Sound buffer Sound card Sound feedback Sound in Sound out Sound settings S/PDIF Speaker Speech synthesis Stereo sound adapter Stutter Subwoofer Synthesizer
T
THD THX TikTok Total Harmonic Distortion Tweeter
U
USB USB sound card
V
VBR Voice coil Voice-over Voice recognition Volume
W
Watt Wav Wave Wave audio Waveform editor Wavelength Wavetable synthesis White noise WMA
X
Currently, no listings.
Y
Currently, no listings.
Z
Zipi Zune

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