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Terminology DRM10
A digital rights management technology of Microsoft Corporation supported by Win-
dows 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.
Exif (Exchangeable Image File Format)
JPEG data containing the thumbnail display as image files for digital cameras.
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.
PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol)
A standard protocol for image transfer standardized by the U.S. standards body I3A
(International Imaging Industry Association). Image data of digital cameras, etc can
be transferred to PCs directly via USB.
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.
Tag Information
This is information such as the song title, artist’s name, album name, and genre
which is attached to an audio file.
USB Mass Storage Class
This is a standard of peripheral devices which are identified as drives, such as hard
disk drives (HDD). It is also called USB storage class.
WAV
This is a Windows standard non-compressed audio file.
WMA (Windows Media Audio)
This designates the audio-compression coding method developed by Microsoft
Corporation or audio files compressed according to this standard.