Additional Information

Terms

Bit rate

This expresses data volume per second, or bps (bits per second) units. The higher the rate, the more information is available to reproduce the sound. Using the same encoding method (such as MP3), the higher the rate, the better the sound.

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless radio con- nectivity technology that is developed as a cable replacement for mobile phones, hand- held PCs and other devices. Bluetooth oper- ates in 2.4 GHz frequency range and transmits voice and data at speeds up to 1 megabit per second. Bluetooth was launched by a special interest group (SIG) that comprises of Ericsson Inc., Intel Corp., Nokia Corp., Toshiba and IBM in 1998, and it is currently developed by nearly 2 000 companies worldwide.

GAP

GAP is short for Generic Access Profile. This is a basic profile of Bluetooth wireless technol- ogy.

HFP

HFP is short for Hands Free Profile. This profile is used for hands-free phoning with the de- vices featuring Bluetooth wireless technology.

HSP

HSP is short for Head Set Profile. This profile is used for connecting headset and communi- cation terminal via Bluetooth wireless technol- ogy.

ID3 tag

This is a method of embedding track-related information in an MP3 file. This embedded in- formation can include the track title, the ar- tist’s name, the album title, the music genre, the year of production, comments and other

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data. The contents can be freely edited using

English

 

software with ID3 Tag editing functions.

 

Although the tags are restricted as to the num-

 

ber of characters, the information can be

 

viewed when the track is played back.

 

ISO9660 format

 

This is the international standard for the for-

 

mat logic of CD-ROM folders and files. For the

 

ISO9660 format, there are regulations for the

 

following two levels.

 

Level 1:

 

The file name is in 8.3 format (the name con-

 

sists of up to 8 characters, half-byte English

 

capital letters and half-byte numerals and the

 

“_” sign, with a file-extension of three charac-

 

ters).

 

Level 2:

 

The file name can have up to 31 characters (in-

 

cluding the separation mark “.” and a file ex-

 

tension). Each folder contains less than 8

 

hierarchies.

 

Extended formats

 

Joliet:

 

File names can have up to 64 characters.

 

Romeo:

 

File names can have up to 128 characters.

 

Linear PCM (LPCM)/Pulse code

 

modulation

 

This stands for linear pulse code modulation,

 

which is the signal recording system used for

 

music CDs and DVDs.

 

m3u

 

Playlists created using the “WINAMP” soft-

 

ware have a playlist file extension (.m3u).

 

MP3

 

MP3 is short for MPEG Audio Layer 3. It is an

 

audio compression standard set by a working

 

group (MPEG) of the ISO (International Stan-

 

dards Organization). MP3 is able to compress

 

audio data to about 1/10th the level of a con-

 

ventional disc.

 

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