Useful Terms To Know - Creative NOMAD JUKEBOX 3 Manual

Glossary
Useful terms
to know
1394
Advanced EQ
AIFF
Analog audio
This section provides you with a brief explanation of functional terms, technology
and abbreviations used or referred to in this manual.
IEEE 1394 is a high-speed input/output technology for connecting devices to a
computer. While similar to USB, IEEE 1394 is more suited to high-speed
multimedia devices such as video camcorders, synthesizers, hard disks and other
mass data storage media. IEEE 1394 supports data transfer rates of up to 400
Mbps or 400 million bits per second. Like USB, IEEE 1394 offers incredible
convenience with "hot swap" capability. This means that you do not have to turn off
or restart your computer when attaching or detaching your 1394 device. You can
connect up to 63 devices to a single port.
Your player uses Creative's SB1394 standard, which is compliant with IEEE 1394.
See "SB1394".
See "Equalization".
The Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) is an audio file format developed by
®
Apple . AIFF files tend to be as large as WAV files.
Non-digital audio. An example of an analog audio source is a cassette tape, or a
vinyl record. Making an analog recording from an analog source, for example,
duplicating a cassette recording using a cassette recorder, can result in imperfect
recordings. Subsequent analog recordings from the first analog recording usually
suffer a progressive reduction in quality. See "Digital audio" on page A-4 for a
comparison.
Glossary A-1