Glossary - Kenwood K-501USB Instruction Manual

Glossary

Term
Figure expressing the amount of information per second.
Bit rate
A higher bit rates offer higher audio quality.
Music CD. In general, when "CD" is mentioned, it means the CD-
CD-DA
DC in most cases.
Music CD in which the character information such as the disc
CD-TEXT
titles, artist names, track titles, etc. is recorded.
An audio compression method developed by Faunhofer IIS, Germany. It
MP3
achieves a high compression rate by thinning out the data of the sound
that is less audible to human ears. It can compress music CD data into
about 1/11 (128 kbps) while maintaining similar audio quality.
Number of times analog signal is converted into digital signal
Sampling frequency
per second. It is 44.1 kHz with music CD. In general, higher
sampling frequencies offer higher audio quality.
Memory card standard with a capacity of 4 GB or more which is a
SDHC
higher-level standard than the SD memory card.
Note that this system is not compatible with this standard.
Adapter for connecting more than one USB device
USB hub
simultaneously.
Standard for connection of USB devices to the PC. Also, refers to
USB mass storage
the action that a PC recognizes a USB device connected to it as
class
an external storage device.
Technology for assigning the bits by varying their quantity
VBR
according to the amount of music information.
(Variable Bit Rate)
Audio compression method developed by Microsoft Corporation. It
WMA
achieves a high compression rate by thinning out the data of the sound
that is less audible to human ears. It can compress music CD data into
about 1/22 (64 kbps) while maintaining similar audio quality.
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