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Appendix

Terms used in this manual

This manual uses a number of terms that, though not specific to the MusicCAST system, are not in general everyday use. In addition, some terms are used in a slightly unusual context. These words are listed alphabetically and in context below, along with an explanation of their meaning.

Playback

■Album

A collection of songs in the MusicCAST database assigned to a particular artist, and given a name. Each album is assigned to an artist. By default, each CD you store in the MusicCAST server stored as an Album.

■Artist

The item in the MusicCAST database to which albums are assigned. The artist of any CD you store in the MusicCAST is stored as the artist to the corresponding album (see album above).

■Bookmark list

A list of songs you have designated for easy retrieval.

■Genre

The music type to which the albums stored in the MusicCAST server are assigned. Examples include Jazz, Rock, and Classical.

■Group

The category which you are operating your MusicCAST component in. For example, if you play an album without selecting a song, then you are operating within the “album” category. If you play a genre without selecting a song, you are operating within the “genre” category.

■Playlist

A list of songs you designate using the MusicCAST server for playback in a given sequence.

■Song

A single continuous track, equivalent to a single track from a CD, cassette, or other source, stored on the MusicCAST server.

Recording

■CDDB

The CDDB (Gracenote CDDB Music Recognition Service) is a database which you can access to gain information on the songs, artists, genre, and album names for music CDs.

■Advanced AudioMASTER

A YAMAHA technology allowing the creation of CD-Rs that give high quality sound. Advanced Audio MASTER is capable of using variable CD writing speeds.

■CD TEXT

Data encoded on some CDs which contains information on its song titles, album, artist, and genre names.

■Encoding

The process of converting PCM data stored from a CD into MP3 data.

■MP3 Format

A data format used to store music on the hard disk drive in the MusicCAST server. MP3 files take roughly one tenth of the space that PCM files take to store the same song. However, sound quality is not as good as that of PCM files, and the MusicCAST server cannot record MP3 files to a CD-R.

■PCM format

A data format used to store music on the hard disk drive in the MusicCAST server. PCM files provide CD- quality audio playback but require a lot of space on the hard disk drive.

■Storing

Copying the tracks on a CD-ROM onto the hard disk drive in the MusicCAST server.

Network connections

■Connections

The links between the components in your MusicCAST network which allow them to exchange information. MusicCAST components can make both wired and wireless connections.

■DHCP

A system of automatically assigning IP addresses to components in a LAN. A server component running a DHCP service assigns an IP address to components when they are switched on.

■DNS

An abbreviation for Domain Name System.

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